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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium-sized dove with gray-brown upperparts and pink-brown underparts. Eyes are dark with a small, black spot beneath. Bill is dark. Wings are gray-brown with black spots and dark primaries. Tail is long and pointed with black-edged white tips on outer feathers. Swift direct flight.

Habitat:

Housing development of mixed open and wooded areas.

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Mourning Dove

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