Stock Dove (Columba oenas) [XC168097]
by Jarek Matusiak from Leoncin, Poland (flight call, song, sound of wings)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas) [XC797525]
by Ireneusz Oleksik from King's Lynn and West Norfolk District (near Bawsey), Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (song)
Nest
In a hole of a tree, cliff or building, sparsely lined with twigs and grass. Also rabbit burrows.
Eggs (Guide)
2; glossy, white; ellipsoidal. Incubation: about 17 days; by both sexes.
oenas Linnaeus, 1758 - Britain north to southern Scandinavia and Finland, south to Portugal and north-western Africa, and east to northern Iran, Caspian Sea and north-eastern Kazakhstan (Semipalatinsk).
yarkandensis Buturlin, 1908 - Eastern Uzbekistan, Kirgizia and Tadjikistan east through Tien Shan and Tarim Basin to Lop Nur (eastern Xinjiang).
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