Eurasian collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Identification Tips:
- Pale gray head and underparts
- Thin black collar with white upper border
- Gray upperparts
- Dark primaries
- Long, squared tail-undersurface with black base and white tip,
uppersurface gray with white outer tips
- Sexes similar
- Established in southern Florida and expanding northward
Similar species:
Ringed Turtle Dove similar and is best separated by its different song.
Eurasian Collared Dove has darker primaries, more obvious white in the neck,
is larger with a longer tail and has a grayer plumage. Mourning Dove darker
with pointed tail and lacks collar.