Mourning dove | |
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Mourning Dove Call | |
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Genus: | Zenaida |
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Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family (Columbidae).[Note 1] It has five subspecies. The number of mourning doves is about 475 million. They live in North America. Mourning doves are light grey and brown, and males and females look similar.
These birds usually have one partner at a time. Both parents sit on the eggs and care for their chicks. Adult mourning doves usually eat only seeds. The parents feed crop milk to the young.