Description:

A Medium sized, vary pale sandy dove with a narrow black hind collar. Sandy-brown with black half-collar, white sides to tail, and white underwing coverts. Forehead and crown pale grey often merging into vinous-buff on nape and hindneck. Juvenile lacks neck-collar, and feathers of upperparts are fringed with buff.

Distribution:

Rare summer visitor in the central Gilgit-Baltistan, especially Gilgit, Diamer, Hunza and Nagar. Inhabits semi-desert and arid country with scattered trees, cultivations, groves and gardens. Generally lowlands, exceptionally up to 3000m.

Behavior:

Although most food is taken on the ground, birds may fly up with rapid wingbeats to pluck berries from bushes and trees. Large numbers may gather locally to feed on animal fodder and around grain stores. Diet includes seed, cereal grain, fruits of herbs and grasses and some green parts of plants. Grains include wheat, maize and oats. Beetles, flies, maggots and small molluscs are also taken.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Eurasian Collared-Dove in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Eurasian Collared-Dove

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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