Very interesting records of African Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia*roseogrisea) *this bird in Texas outside of captivity or in and I have no idea what an estimate would bein terms of numbers of those How did you make this ID?....By call/song?...Mark L. and I did a short a article on this genus in Texas in the old Texas Birds magazine and therein included photos of a Ringed-necked Dove from Arkansas... .Fall-Winter 2001 Vol. 3 no. 2....Could this actually be Ring-necked Dove (S. capicola) ?....I'm just asking....Brush -- Brush Freeman Independent and affiliated Field Biologist 361-655-7641 http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas