Spotted Dove

Streptopelia chinensis

The spotted dove or eastern spotted dove is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon that is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian subcontinent and in East and Southeast Asia. The species has been introduced to many parts of the world and feral populations have become established. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 2,465,973 times across 41 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 22°C (typically 20 to 25°C, from 9 areas). That holds across 85° of latitude, which suggests its timing follows temperature more than the calendar.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.