Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)

Other Names (World)
Eared Dove, Violet-eared Dove, Blue-eared Dove, Torpedo Dove, Bronze-necked Dove, Gold-neck Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
22 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Des Murs, 1847)

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominica, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) [XC468128]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Brotas, Brotas, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)

Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) [XC239216]
by Peter Boesman from Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) and Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni).

The following 14 subspecies are recognised:

rubripes (Des Murs, 1847) - Lesser Antilles (St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados, Glover's I, Carriacou and Grenada) and Trinidad, and from central Colombia (Magdalena Valley) through Venezuela (including Margarita I) south to R Orinoco to Guyana and northern Brazil (Rio Branco).
hypoleuca Bonaparte, 1855 - Western Ecuador and Peru.
caucae Chapman, 1922 - Cauca Valley in western Colombia.
antioquiae Chapman, 1917 - Antioquia, in north-central Andes of Colombia.
ruficauda Bonaparte, 1855 - Eastern Andes of Colombia and Andes of M�rida, western Venezuela.
vinaceorufa Ridgway, 1884 - Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire.
jessieae Ridgway, 1888 - Few localities on banks of lower Amazon (e.g. Diamantina, near Santarem).
marajoensis von Berlepsch, 1913 - Islands of Marajó and Mexiana in Amazon Estuary.
noronha Chubb, C, 1919 - North-eastern Brazil, in Maranh�o, Piauí and Bahia; Fernando de Noronha Is.
virgata Bertoni, 1901 - Bolivia and central Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, S�o Paulo) south to Uruguay and southern Argentina (Chubut) south to Tierra del Fuego.
auriculata (Des Murs, 1847) - Central Chile (Atacama to Llanquihue) and central-western Argentina (near Mendoza and L Nahuel Huapi).
pentheria Bonaparte, 1855 - Eastern Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela (M�rida).
stenura Bonaparte, 1855 - L Antilles, Trinidad and central Colombia to Venezuela and northern Brazil.
chrysauchenia Reichenbach, 1847 - Bolivia to central Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) - 10 files

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