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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Birds Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_18127a.jpg)
Mourning Dove (note rounded spots on wings) |
General Description: Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura) are medium sized doves with a plain gray or brownish appearance and black spots on the wings. The tail is pointed, and the outer tail feathers are white. Up close, they have a delicate blue eyering.
Taxonomy: Columbiformes, Columbidae.
Favored Habitat: Everything from urban areas and desert scrub. These are hard-core desert birds. |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](../Ecdo/p-ec/DSC_28243a.jpg)
Eurasian Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove |
Where to Find: Urban parks, lawns, bird feeders, the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, and dry desert scrub.
Comments: Given enough seed at a feeder, Mourning Doves can become quite abundant and a bit of a pest. When people go "dove hunting," this is the bird they are after. |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_18128a.jpg) |
If you were a tasty little seed, this might be the last face you ever see! |
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![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_00587a.jpg)
Note round spots on wings and back |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_13236a.jpg)
Splayed tail shows banding pattern |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_00593a.jpg)
Adult; note delicate, powder-blue eyering |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_18129a.jpg)
Adult; notice pale brown color |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_00505a.jpg)
Mourning Dove with House Finches (note rounded spots on wings) |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_00495a.jpg)
Mourning Dove |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_27274a.jpg)
Note short tail during molt |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_27273a.jpg)
Short tail during molt |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_03655a.jpg)
Juvenile; note white margins on feathers and fuzzy head |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/DSC_14454a.jpg)
Notice the white leg band |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/D5300_00729a.jpg)
Note short, white tail feathers during molt |
![Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)](p-md/D5300_00730a.jpg)
Note short, white tail feathers during molt |
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Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
; Last updated 240113 |
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