Species
Zenaida macroura (Mourning dove)
Zenaida macroura. Photo: (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove, and erroneously as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds. It is also a leading gamebird, with more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years)…
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