Zenaida

6 species

The list of species of Zenaida genus

The zenaida doves make up a small genus (Zenaida) of American doves in the family Columbidae.

The genus was introduced in 1838 by French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The name commemorates his wife, Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, niece of Napoleon Bonaparte. The type species is the Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita.

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The list of species of Zenaida genus

The zenaida doves make up a small genus (Zenaida) of American doves in the family Columbidae.

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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

The Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds. It is also one of the most popular gamebird, with more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years) shot annually in the U.S.,...

White-Winged dove

Zenaida asiatica

The White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica) is a bird of the Columbidae family that consists of doves and pigeons. It was first described by George Edwards in 1743, and given its binomial name by Linnaeus in 1756. White-winged doves inhabit a variety...

Socorro dove

Zenaida graysoni

The Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni ) is a dove that is extinct in the wild. It was endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands off the west coast of Mexico. The last sighting in its natural habitat was in 1972. There are not more than 200...

Zenaida dove

Zenaida aurita

The zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita ) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons. It is the national bird of Anguilla, where it is locally referred to as "turtle dove".

Eared dove

Zenaida auriculata

The eared dove (Zenaida auriculata ) is a New World dove. It is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, and on the offshore islands from the Grenadines southwards. It may be a relatively recent...

West Peruvian dove

Zenaida meloda

The West Peruvian dove or Pacific dove (Zenaida meloda ) was first described in 1843 by the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob Baron von Tschudi. It is closely related to the North American white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica ), but is now considered a...