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COLLARED DOVE
Streptopelia decaocto
Collared Dove © Tommy Holden
 

• Population
  changes

• Productivity
  trends

• Additional
  information
Conservation listings
Europe: no SPEC category (favourable conservation status in Europe, not concentrated in Europe)
UK: green
Long-term trend
UK, England: rapid increase
UK population size
298,000 territories in 2000 (1988–91 Atlas estimate updated using CBC/BBS trend: BiE04, APEP06)
Status summary
Collared Dove abundance has increased rapidly since the species first colonised Britain in 1955. From just four birds known to be present in that year, the population was put conservatively at 15,000–25,000 pairs by 1970 (Hudson 1972). The CBC index showed an almost exponential rise as colonisation continued during the early 1970s, but had levelled off by about 1980. BBS shows continuing increases, at least in England and Wales. The UK population size now rivals that of Stock Dove. Despite the population increase, breeding productivity has also increased, perhaps as the species has become better adapted to its new environment.
 

Population changes
CBC/BBS UK graph
Table of population changes for Collared Dove

Source Period
(yrs)		 Years Plots
(n)		 Change
(%)		 Lower
limit		 Upper
limit		 Alert Comment
CBC/BBS UK 34 1972-2006 469 415 236 646    
  25 1981-2006 611 50 23 90    
  10 1996-2006 1251 25 18 32    
  5 2001-2006 1354 8 3 12    
CBC/BBS England 34 1972-2006 413 440 252 666    
  25 1981-2006 539 52 18 95    
  10 1996-2006 1101 24 17 31    
  5 2001-2006 1178 7 2 11    
BBS UK 11 1995-2006 1181 29 23 37    
  10 1996-2006 1217 24 19 31    
  5 2001-2006 1354 7 3 11    
BBS England 11 1995-2006 1041 29 21 39    
  10 1996-2006 1071 24 17 32    
  5 2001-2006 1178 7 2 11    
BBS Scotland 11 1995-2006 42 -2 -28 33    
  10 1996-2006 43 4 -21 37    
  5 2001-2006 50 18 -4 41    
BBS Wales 11 1995-2006 64 49 7 92    
  10 1996-2006 67 40 7 70    
  5 2001-2006 78 15 2 30    

BBS acknowledgement
 
CBC/BBS England graph
BBS UK graph
BBS England graph
BBS Scotland graph
BBS Wales graph
 

Productivity trends
Table of productivity changes for Collared Dove

Variable Period
(yrs)		 Years Mean
annual
sample		 Trend Modelled
in first year		 Modelled
in 2006		 Change Comment
Clutch size 38 1968-2006 43 None        
Brood size 38 1968-2006 70 Linear increase 1.76 chicks 1.85 chicks 4.7%  
Daily failure rate (eggs) 38 1968-2006 62 None        
Daily failure rate (chicks) 38 1968-2006 55 Linear decline 1.82% nests/day 1.06% nests/day -41.8%  
Laying date 38 1968-2006 44 None        

Clutch size graph
Brood size graph
Egg nest failure graph
Chick nest failure graph
Laying date graph

 

 

Insufficient data on CES
available for this species
 

Additional information
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This report should be cited as:
Baillie, S.R., Marchant, J.H., Leech, D.I., Joys, A.C., Noble, D.G.,
Barimore, C., Grantham, M.J., Risely, K. & Robinson, R.A. (2009).
Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside: their conservation status 2008.
BTO Research Report No. 516. BTO, Thetford. (http://www.bto.org/birdtrends)

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