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Wintering collared doves

16.12.2009 - 09:51 |  Looduskalender
Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
 
Collared dove.
 
  Collared dove
Kaelus– turteltuvi
  Streptopelia decaocto    
  
The collared doves who winter in Estonia do so as urban park and forest stand dwellers. As the domestic pigeon, they are partly urbanised birds; winter is spent near humans; there were particularly many of them in Kuressaare (on Saaremaa, western Estonia), near bird feeders. Collared doves are slimmer and with a longer tail than the domestic pigeon. The number of wintering birds may be up to a thousand; migrants leave at the end of september.

The plumage of the collared dove is sand-coloured, with a slightly darker back, the eye is dark and the iris red. Its name-giving characteristic is the distinctive dark band at the neck - like the collar of a coat - which may be lacking in juvenile birds. The underparts of the body are paler in colour, and from the feet backwards whitish-grey. The whole leaves an impression of a clean and cheerful bird.

 
In many European languages the collared dove has names that refer to its introduction in Europe by way of Turkey: turkduva (Swedish), tourterelle turque (French), Türkentaube (German), tortorola turca (Spanish).

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