Zenaida Dove

Zenaida aurita - Tourterelle à queue carrée

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Columbiformes

  • Family
    :

    Columbidés

  • Genus
    :

    Zenaida

  • Species
    :

    aurita

Descriptor

Temminck, 1809

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 31 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 46 cm.
  • Weight
    : 95 à 194 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tourterelle à queue carrée
adult plum. breeding
Tourterelle à queue carrée
Second

Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Zenaida aurita aurita (Lesser Antilles)
  • Zenaida aurita salvadorii (n Yucatán Pen., Cozumel, Holbox and Mujeres Is.. Mexico.)
  • Zenaida aurita zenaida (Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Virgin Is.)

Foreign names

  • Tourterelle à queue carrée,
  • Zenaida caribeña,
  • rola-das-antilhas,
  • Liebestaube,
  • Antilliaanse Treurduif,
  • Tortora di Zenaide,
  • zenaidaduva,
  • Vestindiadue,
  • nachovka škoricová,
  • hrdlička karibská,
  • Zenaidadue,
  • karibianvaikertajakyyhky,
  • tórtora del Carib,
  • gołębiak cynamonowy,
  • Zenaīdas ūbele,
  • Антильская горлица,
  • シマハジロバト,
  • 鸣哀鸽,
  • 鳴哀鴿,

Voice song and cries

Tourterelle à queue carrée
adult

Habitat

Tourterelle à queue carrée
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 30-07-2021
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