[Tweeters] African Collared-Dove

[Steve Hampton]

Kevin,

Yes, this seems to be an African Collared-Dove. I have a diagram of the two
tail patterns from an old NA Birds article in my blogpost here:
https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2018/11/01/why-are-so-many-eurasian-collared-doves-leucistic/

I'm not sure it would be confirmed, as they are considered escapees and not
officially counted anyway (hence the orange asterisk that eBird now puts on
them).

By the way, your location name on eBird got mixed up, but I believe the
lat-long is still accurate-- a park in Yakima.

good birding,



On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:44 PM Kevin Lucas <vikingcove at gmail.com> wrote:


> Today I heard a strange dove call, tried to record it, then went around

> our house to see a Collared-Dove with white outer webs to its outermost

> tail feathers -- a distinguishing field mark for African Collared-Dove. I'd

> seen a similar bird or the same bird on January 1st. Today I was able to

> get my camera and take a couple of strongly backlit photos showing the

> outer webs that I attached to my checklist. My checklist from January 1st

> had no photos, and I'd not entered it with the "(Domestic type or Ringed

> Turtle-Dove)" qualifier. That sighting report hasn't yet been "confirmed".

>

> Here are links to my checklists:

>

> https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S126519290

> https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S125400999

>

> I found in The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of North America good

> illustrations of the outer tail feathers' outer webs for both Eurasian and

> African Collared-Doves. In the Sibley app I used the over-under species

> comparison to see that distinction easily.

>

> Gary Bletsch was the one to answer my previous Tweeters request for help

> with identifying it, and he did so quite nicely and thoroughly with a broad

> perspective. Thanks Gary.

>

> I found a confirmed sighting of an African Collared-Dove on the eBird

> Range map with photos that show the black in the outer web of a Eurasian

> Collared-Dove, and find other confirmed checklists that make no mention of

> the white outer web and the white/light undertail coverts that seem to be

> needed to accurately confirm the species. Perhaps those field marks aren't

> necessary, or maybe I'm misunderstanding them. I welcome identification

> help.

>

> Good Birding,

> https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/

> Kevin Lucas

> Yakima County, Washington

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​Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)
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