Identify Birds: Mourning Dove vs Eurasian Collared-Dove

How to tell Mourning Doves from Eurasian Collared-Doves. These two similar species present an identification challenge for beginning bird watchers. This video answers the questions: How to identify Mourning Dove and How to identify Eurasian Collared-Dove, in a side-by-side comparison. Plus, it teaches how to identify birds, in general.
In the last few decades, a new species of dove has swept across North America. You may have noticed these new doves joining the regular Mourning Doves at your feeder.
Welcome! In this video we're going to be comparing Mourning Doves with Eurasian Collared-Doves. This is an easy identification challenge.
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XC82758 - Eurasian Collared Dove Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 3.
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[@brianbarrett192]

You need to add the grating call of the Eurasian dove. It is distinctive and is part of their aggressive behavior which displaces native birds.

[@MadnomadM]

Growing up in SE WI and then moving to AZ I noticed these Eurasian closed doves but I also noticed that one of the 2 varieties in AZ that sounds more screechy - not really a screech but don’t know how to describe it - so it must be the collared version. It’s like a caw caw sound but not like a crow. Idk! I’ll have to record and try to do a sound search. Thought one of these videos would describe it.

[@absorbed-in-nature]

I always think that the white-winged dove sounds like barred owl. If that’s the sound. If it is the sheep like braying then that’s collared dove, too.

[@WestonMurdock-cl7xn]

I hear both but I’ve always wondered if there were two calls or two birds

[@natureneverdies]

nice

[@absorbed-in-nature]

Thank you!