Species profile
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Quick answer
Slim, long-tailed dove with a mournful cooing.
- Scientific name
- Zenaida macroura
- Family
- Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Genus
- Zenaida
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Open country, feeders
Recording Mourning Dove in your journal
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Related species in Columbidae
- Adamawa Turtle-dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
- Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus)
- African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
- Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Columba amboinensis)
- Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystinus)
- Andaman Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia rufipennis)
- Andaman Green-pigeon (Treron chloropterus)