There is also a naturally occurring cream-colored variant, and this species is known to hybridize with the ringed turtle-dove, so plumage variation will occur. The tail is fairly long and blunt-ended.

Eurasian collared doves have large bodies with small heads, dark bill and a long, square-tipped tail. Their upper bodies are sandy brown with a black crescent on the back of the neck, according to ...

Eurasian collared doves have large bodies with small heads, a dark bill and a long, square-tipped tail. Their upper bodies are sandy brown with a black crescent on the back of the neck ...