Eurasian Collared Dove

March 30, 2008 in New Birds and Pigeons & Doves with 1 comments

The Eurasian Collared Dove originates from temperate parts of Europe through Asia to Japan. The species has expanded across a much larger region in the 20th century and can now be found all over Europe, including the British Isles and Scandinavia.

There are also populations across North America from birds introduced in the Bahamas. Doves have been domesticated for thousands of years. The domestic Ringneck Dove is probably a descendant of the Eurasian or African Collared Dove. A mutation causes some doves to be completely white, and these are often used as release doves for formal occasions, as well as in magic shows.

This is our totally cute Birdorable version of the Eurasian Collared Dove:

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Spurwing Plover on January 24, 2022 at 6:28 AM wrote:

I have seen seeing a couple of them around my some town of Etna Ca these last few years

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