Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)

Other Names (World)
Zenaida Dove, Pea Dove, Seaside Dove, Wood Dove, Mountain Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1809)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica (B) (NB), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) [XC32243]
by Andrew Spencer from Susua State Forest, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (song, long song, short song)

Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) [XC213495]
by David Darrell-Lambert from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies salvadorii formerly listed as yucatanensis, but merging of genera Zenaida and Zenaidura made that name unavailable for this taxon.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

salvadorii Ridgway, 1916 - Coast ofnorthern Yucatán Peninsula and islands of Cozumel, Holbox and Mujeres.
zenaida (Bonaparte, 1825) - Bahamas, Cuba and I of Pines, Cayman Is (Grand, Little, Brac) and Jamaica through Hispaniola and Puerto Rico to Virgin Is; formerly Florida Keys.
aurita (Temminck, 1809) - Lesser Antilles from Anguilla (northern Leeward Is) to Grenada.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) - 10 files

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