Eurasian Collared Dove

About this species

This species has 9,630,052 occurrence records from 153 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (44.3%), France (10.5%), Spain (5.9%), the United Kingdom (5.5%) and the Netherlands (4.4%); together they account for 70.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.38% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Streptopelia decaocto combines the genus name Streptopelia with the species epithet decaocto. The Warbla app catalog lists 15 species of the genus Streptopelia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Streptopelia capicola, Streptopelia turtur and Streptopelia semitorquata.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 32.4 times the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Columbidae

• Ring-necked Dove
• European turtle dove
• Red-eyed Dove
• Red Collared Dove
• Oriental Turtle Dove
• Mourning Dove
• Rock Dove
• Common Wood Pigeon

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org