Talk:Barbary dove

The normal English name (HBW and almost all other references I've seen) for "Streptopelia risoria" is Barbary Dove - anyone object if I do a re-name job on it? Also it seems pretty universally accepted now as derived from S. roseogrisea, not from S. decaocto = MPF 12:39, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Done - MPF 23:34, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It's nearly always called the Ring Dove in non-zoological scientific literature, so I've added that as an alternative common name. seglea 01:35, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Birds Low‑importance

Barbary dove is part of WikiProject Birds, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative and easy-to-use ornithological resource. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Please do not substitute this template.BirdsWikipedia:WikiProject BirdsTemplate:WikiProject Birdsbird articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

WikiProject Birds To-do:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Endemic birds of Papua New Guinea (more)
Cleanup : Bullfinch • Vesper sparrow • Bird flight • Bird bath (more)
Copyedit : Plushcap • Magpie duck • Saker falcon (more)
Expand : Phalarope • Nidicolous • Gouldian finch • Cathartes • Cnemophilidae • Avian malaria (more)
NPOV : Debeaking • Driven grouse shooting • Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (more)
Stubs : Cathartiformes • Semiplumbeous hawk • Rainbow-bearded Thornbill • Sunda scops owl (more)
Update : Coal tit • Scottish crossbill • New Caledonian lorikeet • Operation Migration (more)
Verify : Argus (bird) • Blyth's frogmouth • Nik Borrow • Pytilia • Fregata • Chestnut-headed tesia • Darter • Pallid scops owl • Starling (more)
Wikify : Ninox boobook ocellata • The Institute for Bird Populations (more)
Other : Add photos to bird articles needing photos (search Flickr for free images). Add taxonomic authorities to genus articles.

More outstanding tasks at the project's cleanup listing, Category:Birds articles needing attention, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Todo.

disambiguation

Up front this article suggests that this may be confused with other birds of similar names (other ring/ringneck doves) and has a disambuation page to help in this regard. That disambiguation page redirects back to the barbary dove. Counterproductive.

Lost on belmont (talk) 15:11, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded

Came here to report on the disambiguation loop, but I see it's already been reported months ago. I don't know the other uses and so I can't fix it. 71.139.170.74 (talk) 06:46, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POV

The paragraph that says doves "should" not be released because it's "inappropriate" is not written from a neutral point of view, and does not point to the specific sources of the statement but just says "see references".

71.139.170.74 (talk) 06:46, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Added information about dove releases and why Barbarys are a poor choice, and cited sources. (Sadly, can't cite the number of breeders I've known who have mistakenly wanted to try, only to look into it and realize that it wouldn't exactly work...)

Battousai9439 (talk) 23:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No subspecies

the barbary dove does not have any subspecies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.105.47 (talk) 00:32, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Barbary dove. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090718210021/http://www.alleventsadviser.com:80/blog/2008/06/white-dove-releases-or-is-it-a-pigeon-release/ to http://www.alleventsadviser.com/blog/2008/06/white-dove-releases-or-is-it-a-pigeon-release

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 06:01, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Where at?

I saw my first pair of "ring neck pigeons" yesterday in Fresno CA. Creamy mourning doves but bigger. What's their habitat range? How does one tell one species from another? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:5108:3056:928A:58C7 (talk) 23:04, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]