| Zenaida doves | |
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| Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) | |
| Call of a mourning dove | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Columbinae |
| Genus: | Zenaida Bonaparte, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Zenaida amabilis[1] Bonaparte, 1838
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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.[2] The name commemorates his wife, Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, niece of Napoleon Bonaparte.[3] The type species is the Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita.[4] It is the national bird of Anguilla.[5]
- ^ "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1838). A Geographical and Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and North America. London: John Van Voorst. p. 41.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 86.
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Zenaida aurita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22690750A163499479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22690750A163499479.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.