Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Columbiformes
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Family: Columbidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 6950 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
undetermined recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
30 cm
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Wingspan: 44 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 140 g
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Scientific name from:
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after Zénäide Julie, Princess Bonaparte (1804-54), wife of ornithologist Prince Charles Bonaparte and Gr.: makros + oura=tail |
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World Distribution:
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North & Central America |
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Habitat:
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Open forest, farmland |
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Diet:
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Seeds, esp of cereals |
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First Record:
North Uist, 1999 (Calf of Man 1989)
(Rabbitts, B. 2008. British Birds 101:26-30)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
2
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Most Likely to Occur in:
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Scotland:
Outer Hebrides
(2007),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Sørgedue | Dutch: Treurduif |
| Finnish: Vaikertajakyyhky | French: Tourterelle triste |
| German: Carolinataube | Hungarian: |
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| Italian: Tortora lamentosa americana | Norwegian: Sørgedue |
| Polish: Golebiak karolinski | Portuguese: |
| Spanish: Zenaida huilota | Swedish: Spetsstjärtad duva |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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