Palm Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) (Columbidae, Aves) in the southern Russia

: In the past, the Palm Dove ( Streptopelia senegalensis ) was only distributed in Africa, Western Asia and Hindustan, from where it relatively recently penetrated into Central Asia. In the second half of the 20th century, the Palm Dove began to populate Transcaucasia and also appeared for breeding in the North Caucasus, but this part of its range is still not reflected in the overview maps of this species distribution. The Palm Dove biology has been studied in detail in Central Asia, but in Russia, until recently, information about its ecology was almost absent. In Dagestan, on the lowlands along the Caspian Sea coast, a relatively stable range of the Palm Dove was formed in the 21st century. It is now common in cities, nesting mainly on buildings, but it practically does not penetrate north of Makhachkala City. In the Ciscaucasia, only small isolated foci are known, where episodic nesting of individual pairs is assumed, and occasionally vagrant specimens are encountered, penetrating as far north as Elista and Astrakhan cities. However, due to current global warming, this sedentary species may soon continue to spread across the southern Russia, primarily developing urbanized territories. Therefore, here, in the cities, it is necessary to continue monitoring of the southern Russian populations of the Palm Dove, focusing on studies of the ecological relationships of this species with competitors and predators, as well as on clarifying the role of abiotic factors in the dynamics of its numbers.