Eurasian Collared Dove

Short abstract from the book:
The collared dove first bred in Denmark in 1950 and today it is common all over the country. The first collared dove ringed in Denmark was in 1952, with the majority ringed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Most of the recovered birds were ringed in the eastern parts of the country and in northern Jutland. Only 7 % were ringed as chicks. Most of the birds have been recovered less than 10 km from the ringing site. The recoveries show that most collared doves remain in Denmark all year round. A few Danish birds have, however, migrated/dispersed to Norway and Sweden and even to the Ukraine and northwest France. Some Danish birds have been recovered in Norway in their first year of life. Norwegian birds have been recovered in Denmark during winter, but the recoveries do not indicate faithfulness to the wintering sites, since birds ringed in Denmark during winter have in later winters been recovered in Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands or Belgium. In the 1950s and ’60s the mean distance between ringing and recovery site (of dead birds) was 187 km, in the 1970s 78 km, and in the 1980s and 1990s 26 km.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Eurasian Collared Dove

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