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Originally Posted by paul m

Reminded of this by the following picture - collared doves seem to be very common in Athens. Did they arrive from that part of the world?
http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/gal...to/325/cat/502

I think the Collared Dove came originally from Africa and swept across Europe from it's first landfalls in Greece & Italy.
There's some recent research that suggests the recent decline of the House Sparrow in the UK may be related to the urban spread of the Collared Dove and the subsequent competition for food.