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Here is an adult male Ringneck Dove.

Here is a female.

These are the domesticated version of the African Collared dove, and as they are, do not and cannot exist in the wild.

This mess is a Eurasian Collared Dove, an invasive wild dove closely related to and often mistaken for a Ringneck. 

If you see a big, light brown dove in your yard with a collar marking, it’s one of these.

Smaller than a Ringneck, but SIGNIFICANTLY larger than a mourning dove, taking the same niche in nesting and diet, a LOT more aggressively than the mourning, white wing, and other Zenadia dove species. 

This is a young Mourning Dove. 

Roughly half the size of a Collared Dove, MICH darker brown, and spotted.

Here is a mourning dove hen with her peeps.

Here is an adult mourning dove cock.

Fun fact, they provide the owl noises in a lot of films!