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Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order:
Columbiformes
Family:
Columbidae
BTO Codes:
,
EURING No:
6950
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
undetermined recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
30 cm
Wingspan:
44 cm
Weight:
M/F: 140 g
Scientific name from:
after Zénäide Julie, Princess Bonaparte (1804-54), wife of ornithologist Prince Charles Bonaparte
and Gr.: makros + oura =tail
World Distribution:
North & Central America
Habitat:
Open forest, farmland
Diet:
Seeds, esp of cereals
Records and Distribution
First Record:
North Uist, 1999
(Rabbitts, B. 2008. British Birds 101:26-30)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
2
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Outer Hebrides
(1999),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Sørgedue
Dutch:
Treurduif
Finnish:
Vaikertajakyyhky
French:
Tourterelle triste
German:
Carolinataube
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish:
Italian:
Tortora lamentosa americana
Norwegian:
Sørgedue
Polish:
Golebiak karolinski
Portuguese:
Spanish:
Zenaida huilota
Swedish:
Spetsstjärtad duva
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Books and Monographs:
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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