Eurasian Collard-dove
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Mourning Dove (left) and
Eurasian Collared-Dove (right)
Photo taken near Tucson,
AZ, 2004
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Documentation of Eurasian collard-dove
by Dwight and Ann
Chasar
The Eurasian collared-dove
is a pale, unspotted dove, smaller than a rock pigeon
and larger and bulkier than a mourning dove. The tail
is square. The lower part of the undertail appears pale
but the undertail closer to the body is blackish. The
outer web of the outer tail feathers goes from black
close to the body to broad white toward the tip. A
crescent of black, edged with white, is on the back of
the neck.
The
Eurasian collared-dove was first found in Florida in the
1980s and is expanding throughout North America.
Expansion in Ohio is predicted. So far there is one
Ohio record from Crawford County, September 1, 2001 and
several unverified sightings. It can be confused with a
ringed turtle-dove, often kept as a caged bird, so the
ringed turtle-dove must be ruled out in any sighting.
An excellent article on the status of collared doves in
Ohio was written by Joseph Hammond in The Ohio Cardinal,
Vol. 23 (4), 2000.
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Monday April 23, 2007
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