Yungas Dove vs African Collared-dove

Leptotila megalura compared with Streptopelia roseogrisea

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Yungas Dove African Collared-dove
Scientific Name Leptotila megalura Streptopelia roseogrisea
Order Columbiformes Columbiformes
Family Columbidae Columbidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Least Concern
Length
Wingspan 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 31.8 cm (12.5 in)
Weight 218.0 g (7.69 oz) 152.33333333333334 g (5.37 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size 2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

None

Yungas Dove only

African Collared-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Yungas Dove

Song

Soft, gentle cooing with Yungas quality; pure warm notes typical of Andean slope dense humid forest.

African Collared-dove

Song

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes through dense forest in Timor region. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Yungas Dove

Least Concern

African Collared-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Yungas Dove

Plumage

Yungas Dove: brown above; pale gray-white below; long graduated tail; bare facial skin; Bolivian Andean Yungas forest dove

African Collared-dove

About These Birds

Yungas Dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, brown above with a grey head, pale underparts, and notably long tail with white tips. Inhabits humid foothill and montane forest of the Yungas zone in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina (Tucumán to Jujuy). Terrestrial frugivore and granivore. Least Concern.

African Collared-dove

Small dove, 26–29 cm, pale pinkish-grey with a black hindneck collar and white tail corners. Native to arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Tanzania. The ancestor of the domesticated Barbary Dove (ring-necked dove). Granivore of grass seeds and small grains in dry savanna, farmland, and desert edge. Least Concern.

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