If you spot a thick black band on the collar, it’s a collared dove. The invasive birds are also heftier than mourning doves ...

Most white-wing hunting in the United States takes place in Texas, although the birds do spread east and west during their migration. A recent, invasive arrival, Eurasian collared doves are bigger ...

State wildlife officials say a virus is killing invasive doves in parts of the Lower Arkansas River Valley. The ongoing die-off is prompting a number of phone calls to Colorado Parks and Wildlife ...

If a thick black band is present on the collar, it’s a collared-dove. You can tell white-winged doves apart by their namesake ...

LA JUNTA, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife said an avian virus is behind a significant die-off of an invasive bird species in the lower Arkansas River valley near La Junta and Rocky Ford.

Eurasian collared doves haven't demonstrated any explicit dangers to native North American doves, but they may discourage other species from using bird feeders and even aggressively defend those ...

In the winter of 2014, the PPMV-1 virus was first found in wild birds in Colorado. During that outbreak it also caused a die-off of Eurasian collared doves. CPW said humans are generally not ...

Collared doves of all ages have sandy-brown plumage, dark brown primaries, and a distinctive (but not always noticeable) thin, black half-collar at the base of their neck. Recently fledged birds ...

Primrose explains: "Dependence on seeds and grains are one of the reasons the collared doves nest so close to areas inhabited by humans. The birds are not fussy about what seed or grain they eat.