Kingdom: Anamalia
Common Name:
Mourning Dove
Scientific Name: Zenaida macroura
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Cordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Zenaida
Species: macroura
Natural Range
Mourning doves live and breed mostly in southern portions
of Canada, but also in the continental U.S, Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas
and the Greater Antilles. Click here to
see a distribution map.
Interesting Facts
Mourning doves feed their young with crop milk(pigeon
milk) for the first three days after hatching. Mourning doves are named this
for the sound of their calls. These sounds sound like mourning.
Links
Find out more here:
The
Mourning Dove at CLHS
The mourning doves at CLHS are most of time on high
places such as trees or telephone wires. Occasionaly they can be found on the
ground in cover for protection. They can also be seen picking for seeds beneath
the bird feeder.