Re: [SBB] A question about the Eurasian Collared-Doves in San Martin

[Joseph Morlan <[[email protected]]>]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:52:59 -0700, "Alvaro Jaramillo"
<[[email protected]]> wrote:

>However, at least one bird in Half Moon
>Bay I have seen has been ghostly pale. I have not had a good look at it, but
>it may be a leucistic bird or a bird with genes from captive populations. It
>would be interesting to know if in places where the dove is common these
>pale birds pop up or not.

Apparently they do. I received comments from one European authority that
the cream and white types of Eurasian Collared-Dove persist throughout the
population in Britain and they are not necessarily indicative of
hybridization or necessarily even genetic introgression from escaped Ringed
Turtle-Doves.

-- 
Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044   jmorlan (at) ccsf.edu 
Fall Birding Classes start Sept 6   http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/
California Bird Records Committee   http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/

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