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The spotted dove was formally described in 1786 by the Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli and given the binomial name Columba chinensis. [2] Scopoli based his account on "La tourterelle gris de la Chine" that had been described and illustrated in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in the second volume of his book Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine. [3]
Mourning dove. Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae. Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Six species have been recorded in Ohio. Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I)(B) Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E) Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)(B)
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The common ground dove is North America's smallest and one of the world's smallest by mass. This species ranges from 15–18 cm (5.9–7.1 in) in length, spans 27 cm (11 in) across the wings, and weighs 26–40 g (0.92–1.41 oz). [8]
Ohio’s first lanternfly report dates to 2020, in Mingo Junction, a town of 3,300 in Jefferson County. It lies 19 miles due west of the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden.
The Eurasian collared dove is a medium-sized dove, distinctly smaller than the wood pigeon, similar in length to a rock dove but slimmer and longer-tailed, and slightly larger than the related European turtle dove, with an average length of 32 cm (13 in) [17] from tip of beak to tip of tail, with a wingspan of 47–55 cm (19–22 in), and a ...
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Rock dove (Hawaii, Maui, Oahu) Spotted dove (all main islands from Kauai eastward) Zebra dove (all main islands from Kauai eastward) Mourning dove (Hawaii, Maui) Rose-ringed parakeet (Hawaii, Oahu, and Kauai) Mitred parakeet (Hawaii) Red-masked parakeet (Hawaii, O'ahu) Red-crowned amazon (O'ahu) Western barn owl (all main islands from Kauai ...