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Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto [Frivaldszky, 1838]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Columbiformes
Family:
Columbidae
BTO Codes:
CD, COLDO
EURING No:
6840
Number in Britain:
284 thousand territories (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK:
GREEN
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Resident Breeder
Subspecies:
decaocto recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
32 cm
Wingspan:
51 cm
Weight:
M/F: 200 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: streptos =a collar + peleia =a dove
and L.: deca =ten + octo =eight
World Distribution:
Europe, c&s Asia, ne Africa
Habitat:
Open woodland, scrub, gardens
Diet:
Mostly cereal grain, also weed seeds, occasionally shoots and invertebrates
TitBit:
Now one of the commonest birds in Britain, it first bred here in Cromer, Norfolk in 1955 having spread from its ancestral haunts in Turkey and the Middle East in the 1930s
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Summer:
284 thousand territories
in 2000
First Record:
Norfolk, 1955
First Breeding Record:
Norfolk 1955
Conservation Status:
GREEN
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern:
decaocto GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Towns
Also common in:
Villages
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer:
4.2 to 10 million pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(II*), Bern(III)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
31 x 24 mm
Egg Weight:
9.2 g (of which 6 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
175
Clutch Size:
2 eggs
1.93 ± 0.31 (1 - 3) N = 1397
Incubation:
16- 17 days
16.41 ± 1.25 (14 - 18.5) N = 1395
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
17 - 19days
18.11 ± 2.24 (14 - 21.5) N = 2114
as:
Altricial, downy
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
3-6
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed:
855
Adult Survival:
0.642
± 0.022
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
1
year
Typical Lifespan:
3
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
16yr 10m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
E
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
Gaelic:
Calman-coilearach
Welsh:
Turtur Dorchog
Danish:
Tyrkerdue
Dutch:
Turkse tortel
Finnish:
Turkinkyyhky
French:
Tourterelle turque
German:
Türkentaube
Hungarian:
Balkáni gerle
Icelandic:
Tyrkjadúfa
Irish:
Fearán Baicdhubh
Italian:
Tortora dal collare
Norwegian:
Tyrkerdue
Polish:
Sierpówka
Portuguese:
Rola-turca
Spanish:
Tórtola turca
Swedish:
Turkduva
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Goodwin, D. 1983 Pigeons and doves of the world (3rd ed) Cornell University Press, Ithaca
[598.623 GOO]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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