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1 Species ID Suggestions

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago
Eared Dove
Zenaida auriculata Birds of South America: PIGEON-LIKE BIRDS


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5 Comments

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

I agree with Eared Dove. Eared Dove is the South American counterpart to the Mourning Dove. They are sister species.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

A Columbina minuta does not have the eye markings. My suggestion of the eared dove was bases on the diagonal line eye marking. It also has the dark wing tips and short tail. Bird Forum Opus has a full description; http://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eared_Dove...

SusanRuffanerGahagan
SusanRuffanerGahagan 11 years ago

Maybe it is outside its normal range. It can always happen, but with zones changing, it is happening more often.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

It does look similar to a Mourning dove, but Cornell Lab of Ornithology shows the range of the Mourning Dove only extending to Central America; http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourn...

SusanRuffanerGahagan
SusanRuffanerGahagan 11 years ago

Looks like a Mourning Dove to me.
Zenaida macroura

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Do...

Rubens Araujo
Spotted by
Rubens Araujo

Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 2, 2013
Submitted on Jan 2, 2013

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