Eared dove

Eared dove
In Oranjestad, Aruba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Zenaida
Species:
Z. auriculata
Binomial name
Zenaida auriculata
(Des Murs, 1847)
Z. a. antioquiae, Colombia

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 colonist of Tobago and Trinidad. It appears to be partially migratory, its movements driven by food supplies.[2]

It is a close relative of the North American mourning dove. With that species, the Socorro dove, and possibly the Galápagos dove, it forms a superspecies. The latter two are insular offshoots, the Socorro birds from ancestral mourning doves, and the Galápagos ones from more ancient stock.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Zenaida auriculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690747A93286407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690747A93286407.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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