Tag: collared doves

This far south, Eurasian collared doves, Streptopelia decaocto, breed almost all year round. In the reserve, even this early in the year, their ever-present monotonous calls (…my toe hurts…my toe hurts…) become just background noise.

Recording by Olivier Swift (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED) xeno-canto.org

The Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto, seems ubiquitous: one of the park’s noisiest and most common species. But it wasn’t always so.

The Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto, seems ubiquitous: one of the park’s noisiest and most common species. But it wasn’t always so.