Races:
Streptopelia decaocto decaocto Frivaldszky, 1838
Streptopelia decaocto stoliczkae Hume, 1874

Synonyms

Description

Common, in places rare resident. Inhabits villages or towns, in which prefers areas with one-floor houses. Breeding in separate pairs, not far one of other often. Nest is built on trees or house niches from thin twigs. Clutches of 2 eggs from March. Both parents incubate and feed juveniles. Per a year two or probably three broods. In autumn concentrates at elevators, zoos, farms and other places with plenty of food, sometimes in small flocks fly to nearby stubble fields. Winter is a critical period for this bird, which can’t survive on natural food.

Races

Eurasian Collared Dove( Streptopelia decaocto decaocto )

Streptopelia decaocto decaocto Frivaldszky, 1838 Sizes smaller, male wing length 164-173 (167.8), female 160-174 (167.6) mm. General colour a little darker, belly is bluish-grey, without pinkish shade. White tip of outer web of distal rectrix the same length or nearly so, as on inner web. At recent years breeding between Volga and Ural rivers (Urda, in 1981, Furmanovo, in 1984), Ural valley from Atyrau (in 1974) up to Uralsk (in 1976), and also Darinsk (in 1978), Aksay (in 1986) and Dzhambeity (in 1988), Aktobe (in 1973), Kustanay (from 1987), Irgiz village (in 1986) and in Kurgaldzhino from 1993. In 2004 several birds recorded 12 and 15 May 2004 at western chink of Usturt The expansion of this race passed and in the south of Kazakhstan, from Tashkent, whence penetrated in Chimkent and Taraz. One bird was observed 16 April 1982 in lower reaches of Sarysu river on weather station Zlikha.

Eurasian Collared Dove( Streptopelia decaocto stoliczkae )

Streptopelia decaocto stoliczkae Hume, 1874 Sizes larger, male wing length 175-191 (179.5), female 169-188 (178.6) mm. General colour a little paler, pinkish shade of breast is distributed on belly also. White tip on outer web of distal rectrix much shorter, than on inner web. Occupies south-eastern Kazakhstan, for last years was settled west up to Otar settle, on foothills of Dzhungarskiy Alatau up to Uch-Aral and Obukhovka, has occupied Zaysan depression and on Irtysh valley has penetrated up to Shemonaikha village, in 1981 appeared in Pavlodar, in 1985 in Ermak, in 1990 at Zhdanovo near Krasnokutsk. On Southern Altai appeared in 1975, and in 1984 reached Uryl village, in 15 July 1989 Katon-Karagay. The tendency of this race to be settled mainly in northern direction was noticed earlier.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.