Zenaida macroura

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, pastures and agricultural lands, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands, tropical deciduous forests, arid lowland scrubs, arid montane scrubs • Maximum Elevation: 3,200 meters • Foraging Strata: Midstory • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

Diet

Almost Exclusively Seeds

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Urban
• Clutch Size: 2
• Length of Incubation : 13-14 days
• Days to Fledge : 12-14
• Number of Broods: 2-3, occasionally 3-6

Migration

Some migrate

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 26-May-2005.

Similar Species

Eurasian Collared Dove, White-Winged Dove

Members of the genus Zenaida

There are approximately 44 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 (Eared Dove) · 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 exsul · Z. galapagoensis galapagoensis (Galapagos Dove) · Z. graysoni (Socorro Dove) · Z. hypoleuca · Z. innotata · Z. jessieae marajoensis · Z. macroura (American Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura carolinensis (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura clarionensis (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura graysoni · Z. macroura macroura (American Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura marginella (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura turturilla · Z. maculata · Z. meloda · Z. ruficauda

More Info

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Further Reading

• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. ENG url p. 11.
• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Birds in Kansas / Max C. Thompson and Charles Ely. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History: c1989- ENG url p. 313, p. 404.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. New Haven: The Museum, ENG url p. 157.
• Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG url p. 138, p. 240.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 153, p. 221.
• Johnson, Kevin P. and Clayton, Dale H. (2000): A Molecular Phylogeny of the Dove Genus Zenaida: Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA sequences. Condor 102(4): 864-870.
• Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931- ENG url p. 102, p. 19.
• Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1926. ENG url p. 688.
• Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. ENG url p. 299.
• Report of the Michigan Academy of Science. Lansing, Mich.: The Academy, 1900-1904. ENG url p. 180, p. 69.
• Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)
• The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. ENG url p. 108, p. 171, p. 249, p. 282, p. 296, p. 317, p. 480, p. 492, p. 499, p. 519, p. 519, p. 577, p. 602, p. 605, p. 627, p. 67, p. 69.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905- ENG url p. 261, p. 272, p. 328.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2004. Zenaida macroura. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. and lt;www.iucnredlist.org and gt;. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• 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 October 03, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, and quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds, and quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Bird Studies Canada: Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 1981-1985
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Ontario Nest Records
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
• EMAN Provider: PIROP (Shipboard Surveys)
• GBIF-Sweden: Birds (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• The New York Botanical Garden: Bronx River Bioblitz
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852298
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-677521
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13544898
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177125
• IUCN ID: 48780
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNPB04040
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178104

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