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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spanishalex" data-source="post: 142215" data-attributes="member: 2029">Decaocto is said to be less tame than risoria here and is definitely the collared dove you see most often outside the towns. I don´t think anyone has a handle on the exact range and distribution of the two on the Canaries. They only colonised in the 1980s and they definitely hybridise with each other and tend to nest at the same sites. I´ve just had a good look at the birds in Santa Catalina Park in Las Palmas and most seem to be risora but there are a couple of decaocto among them. So far they do not seem to be affecting the population of turtle doves and can only be good news for the Sparrowhawks and Barbary Falcons. Does anyone know if either risoria or decaocto hybridise with the turtle dove?</blockquote>