Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
First Breeding Record:
Conservation Status: GREEN
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern: GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Also common in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(II*), Bern(III)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
1.93 ± 0.31 (1 - 3) N = 1397
Incubation:
16.41 ± 1.25 (14 - 18.5) N = 1395
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
18.11 ± 2.24 (14 - 21.5) N = 2114
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
180.9 ± 5.6
Range
173 - 190 mm, N =2619
Juvenile:
176.5 ± 5.7
168 - 185 mm, N =708
Male:
183.3 ± 4.5
176 - 191 mm, N =864
Female:
177.8 ± 4.9
170 - 186 mm, N =411
Weight
Adult:
204.8 ± 19.97
Range
172.0 - 236.0 g , N =1557
Juvenile:
174.2 ± 25.43
134.0 - 217.0 g , N =464
Male:
208.1 ± 19.94
178.0 - 240.0 g , N =582
Female:
201.5 ± 20.14
168.7 - 232.0 g , N =262
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Eurasian Collared Dove
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Books and Monographs:
Goodwin, D. 1983 Pigeons and doves of the world (3rd ed) Cornell University Press, Ithaca
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