Burmese collared dove

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| image = Burmese Collared Dove, Old Bagan, Myanmar 1.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |year=2024 |title=Streptopelia xanthocycla |page=e.T22727819A263670047 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22727819A263670047.en}}

| genus = Streptopelia

| species = xanthocycla

| authority = (Newman, TH, 1906)

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The Burmese collared dove (Streptopelia xanthocycla) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Eurasian collared dove (S. decaocto).{{Cite web|title=Species Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/|access-date=2021-06-18|language=en-US}} It differs from Eurasian collared dove in having a bright yellow eye ring (as opposed to pale grey to whitish), and slightly darker plumage.{{Cite book |last1=Baptista |first1=L. F. |last2=Trail |first2=P. W. |last3=Horblit |first3=H. M. |last4=Boesman |first4=P. |last5=Garcia |first5=E. F. J. |last6=Kirwan |first6=G. M. |year=1997 |editor-last=del Hoyo |editor-first=J. |editor2-last=Elliott |editor2-first=A. |editor3-last=Sargatal |editor3-first=J. |title=Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos |publisher=Lynx Edicions |location=Barcelona |pages=137 |isbn=84-87334-22-9 }} It is the same 30–32 cm length as the Eurasian collared dove.{{cite book |last1=del Hoyo|first1=Josep |title=All the birds of the world |date=2020 |publisher=Lynx Edicions |location=Barcelona |isbn=978-84-16728-37-4 |page=88}} The song is a two note coo, unlike the three note coo of the Eurasian collared dove.{{Cite web |title=Burmese Collared Dove |date=18 June 2024 |url=https://birdfinding.info/burmese-collared-dove/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |language=en-US}}

Published distribution maps show it as endemic to the Irrawaddy River basin in central Myanmar. It has also been reported from adjacent China, though without firm evidence.

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Category:Streptopelia

Category:Birds of Myanmar

Category:Birds described in 1906

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