Eared Dove

Zenaida auriculata - Tourterelle oreillarde

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Columbiformes

  • Family
    :

    Columbidés

  • Genus
    :

    Zenaida

  • Species
    :

    auriculata

Descriptor

des Murs, 1847

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 22 à 28 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 95 à 125 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tourterelle oreillarde
adult
Tourterelle oreillarde
juvenile

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

Subspecific information 11 subspecies

  • Zenaida auriculata auriculata (c Chile, wc Argentina)
  • Zenaida auriculata caucae (w Colombia)
  • Zenaida auriculata antioquiae (nc Colombia)
  • Zenaida auriculata pentheria (e Colombia, w Venezuela)
  • Zenaida auriculata vinaceorufa (Netherlands Antilles)
  • Zenaida auriculata stenura (Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, c Colombia to the Guianas and n Brazil)
  • Zenaida auriculata jessieae (lower Amazon. Brazil.)
  • Zenaida auriculata marajoensis (Amazon estuary. Brazil.)
  • Zenaida auriculata noronha (ne Brazil, Fernando de Noronha Is.. Brazil.)
  • Zenaida auriculata hypoleuca (w Ecuador and w Peru to nw Bolivia and n Chile)
  • Zenaida auriculata chrysauchenia (e Bolivia to c Brazil south to Tierra del Fuego)

Foreign names

  • Tourterelle oreillarde,
  • Zenaida torcaza,
  • avoante,
  • Ohrflecktaube,
  • fülfoltos gerle,
  • Geoorde Treurduif,
  • Tortora orecchiuta,
  • öronduva,
  • Øredue,
  • nachovka čiernosluchá,
  • hrdlička černouchá,
  • Ørepletdue,
  • täpläkorvakyyhky,
  • tórtora orelluda,
  • gołębiak plamouchy,
  • Ушастая горлица,
  • ミミグロバト,
  • 斑颊哀鸽,
  • 斑頰哀鴿,

Voice song and cries

Tourterelle oreillarde
♂ adult

Habitat

Tourterelle oreillarde
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, 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: 16-09-2015
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