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Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared-Dove; Eurasian Collared Dove)

Synonyms: Columba decaocto (homotypic); Columba risoria var. decaocto

Wikipedia Abstract

The Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), most often simply called the collared dove, also sometimes hyphenated as Eurasian collared-dove, is a species of dove native to warm temperate and subtropical Asia, and introduced in North America in the 1980s.
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Infraspecies

Streptopelia decaocto decaocto (Collared dove)
Streptopelia decaocto xanthocycla (Burmese Collared-dove)

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Streptopelia decaocto

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
16
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.14782
EDGE Score: 1.8161
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  195 grams
Birth Weight [3]  9.2 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Generalist
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  10 %
Diet - Plants [4]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  10 %
Forages - Understory [4]  10 %
Forages - Ground [4]  80 %
Clutch Size [7]  2
Clutches / Year [6]  5
Fledging [5]  17 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  8,000,000
Incubation [6]  15 days
Mating Display [3]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [3]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [6]  18 years
Wing Span [8]  20 inches (.51 m)
Female Maturity [6]  1 year
Male Maturity [6]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Barbarea vulgaris (Common Wintergreen)[9]
Carissa congesta (Conkerberry)[10]
Chenopodium album (lambsquarters goosefoot)[9]
Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)[9]
Sambucus nigra (European black elderberry)[9]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Falco chicquera (Red-necked Falcon)[11]
Felis chaus furax (Jungle cat)[12]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 6de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 7Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 8British Trust for Ornithology
♦ 9Ecology of Commanster
♦ 10Frugivory and seed dispersal of Carissa spinarum (L.) in a tropical deciduous forest of central India, R. M. MISHRA & PUSHPLATA GUPTA, Tropical Ecology 46(2): 151–156, 2005
♦ 11Naoroji, R. (2011). Breeding of the Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera in Saurashtra, Gujarat, India. Forktail, 27, 1-6.
♦ 12THE PARASITIC FAUNA AND THE FOOD HABITS OF THE WILD JUNGLE CAT FELIS CHAUS FURAX DE WINTON, 1898 IN IRAQ, Mohammad K. Mohammad, Bull. Iraq nat. Hist. Mus. (2008) 10(2): 65-78
♦ 13Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0