collared dove

English

Etymology

From the fact that the species is a dove with a black collar around its neck.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒ.ləd ˈdʌv/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑ.lɚd ˈdʌv/
• Hyphenation: col‧lared‧dove

Noun

collared dove (plural collared doves)

1. A bird of the species Streptopelia decaocto.

Usage notes

• Many birds of other species in genus Streptopelia have names that include collared dove.

Synonyms

• Eurasian collared dove

Derived terms

• mourning collared dove (Streptopelia decipiens)

Translations

collared dove

Albanian: kumri (sq) f, guguçe (sq) f, kulumri f Breton: turzhunell durk f Bulgarian: гугущук m (guguštuk), гугутка f (gugutka) Czech: hrdlička zahradní (cs) f Danish: tyrkerdue (da) Dutch: Turkse tortel (nl) Finnish: turkinkyyhky (fi) French: tourterelle turque (fr) Galician: rula turca (gl) f German: Türkentaube f Greek: δεκαοχτούρα (el) f (dekaochtoúra) Irish: fearán baicdhubh m Italian: tortora dal collare orientale Kashmiri: کُکِل (kukil) Macedonian: гугутка f (gugutka) Norwegian: tyrkerdue Persian: یاکریم (fa) (yâ-karim) Portuguese: rola-turca (pt) f Romanian: guguștiuc (ro) m, porumbel-turcesc m Russian: ко́льчатая го́рлица (ru) f (kólʹčataja górlica) Spanish: tórtola turca f Swedish: turkduva (sv) Turkish: halkalı kumru Turkmen: halkaly gumry Ukrainian: го́рлиця f (hórlycja)

References

• Eurasian collared dove on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Streptopelia decaocto on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Streptopelia decaocto on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons