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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

 
 
 

Identification Tips:

PWRC
For scientific details go directly to the
 Mourning Dove
section of PWRC
(Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)

This is part of the USGS website
(United States Geological Survey)

This Songbird's Diet:

 
  • Length: 4.25 inches
  • Small, seed-eating bird
  • Short, conical bill
  • Short, forked tail
  •  

  • seeds (almost exclusively)

  • insects (lesser quantities)

(for more... see the PWRC songbird link in the middle column)

 

SUMMER RANGE

WINTER RANGE

Acknowledgements:
United States Geological Survey - www.usgs.gov.
BBS Maps (North American Breeding Birds Surveys) courtesy of USGS

CBC Maps (Christmas Bird Count of Winter Bird Popluations) courtesy of USGS

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