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Streptopelia decaocto

(Frivaldszky, 1838)
Chordata » Columbiformes » Columbidae » Streptopelia decaocto
Common name (English)
Eurasian collared dove
Common name (Greek)
Δεκαοχτούρα
Ηabitat
E: Grasslands
F: Heathland
G: Woodland
I: Cultivated
J: Artificial
X: Miscellaneous
Global distribution

North America 132 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Questionable:

Until 1935 the continuous distribution of the Collared Dove only reached westwards as far as Seistan and Beluchistan. In addition, there were three other isolated areas but they were not connected to each other: Mesopotamia, around the Dead Sea, and in the Balkans and Western Anatolia. Some isolated single occurrences had also been reported, e.g. from Isfahan, Antakya, and Cyprus (Kasparek 1998). 

The species likely occurred historically only in India, Sri Lanka, and present-day Myanmar until an expansion in 1600s into Turkey and the Balkans, either by natural dispersal or human introduction (Voous 1960; Long 1981; Baptista et al. 1997).

Online resource
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1…
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
References

Baptista LF, Trail PW, Horblit HM (1997) Order Columbiformes, Family Columbidae (pigeons and doves). In Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 4 (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. pp. 60–243.

Kasparek M (1998) Distribution and expansion of the Collared Dove in the near and Middle East. Ornithologische Verhandlungen 25(5-6): 241-279.

Long JL (1981) Introduced Birds of the World: The Worldwide History, Distribution, and Influence of Birds Introduced to New Environments. Universe Books, New York, NY, USA.

Voous KH (1960) Atlas of European Birds. Nelson and Son, London, United Kingdom.

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