Common Names
Common Names in English:
White-Winged Dove
Description
Family Columbidae
Stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,029 meters (0 to 6,657 feet).Mean = 853.000 meters (2,798.556 feet), Standard Deviation = 643.680 based on 11 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Columbiformes
()
- Latham, 1790
- Pigeons and Doves
- Family:
Columbidae
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Pigeons, Doves
- Genus:
Zenaida
()
- Bonaparte, 1838
- Specific name:
asiatica
- Subspecies:
mearnsi
- Scientific name: - Zenaida asiatica mearnsi (Ridgway) 1915
- Subspecies:
mearnsi
- Specific name:
asiatica
- Genus:
Zenaida
(
- Family:
Columbidae
(
- Order:
Columbiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Zenaida
There are approximately 46 species in this genus:
Z. asiatica (White-Winged Dove) · Z. asiatica asiatica (White-Winged Dove) · Z. asiatica australis · Z. asiatica clara (White-Winged Dove) · Z. asiatica mearnsi (White-Winged Dove) · Z. asiatica meloda · Z. auriculata (Eared Dove) · Z. auriculata antioquiae · Z. auriculata auriculata · Z. auriculata caucae · Z. auriculata chrysauchenia · Z. auriculata hypoleuca · Z. auriculata jessieae · Z. auriculata marajoensis · Z. auriculata noronha · Z. auriculata pentheria · Z. auriculata rubripes · Z. auriculata ruficauda · Z. auriculata stenura · Z. auriculata vinaceorufa · Z. auriculata virgata · Z. auriculata vulcania · Z. aurita (Zenaida Dove) · Z. aurita aurita (Zenaida Dove) · Z. aurita salvadorii · Z. aurita yucatanensis · Z. aurita zenaida (Zenaida Dove) · Z. galapagoensis (Galapagos Dove) · Z. galapagoensis galapagoensis · Z. graysoni (Socorro Dove) · Z. hypoleuca · Z. innotata · Z. jessieae marajoensis · Z. macrorura · Z. macroura (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura carolinensis (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura clarionensis (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura graysoni · Z. macroura macroura (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura marginella (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura ssp · Z. macroura turturilla · Z. macroura x · Z. maculata · Z. meloda · Z. ruficauda
Bibliography
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 591526
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177123
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13905268
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177123
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406560
