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The mourning dove is a medium-sized, slender dove approximately 31 cm (12 in) in length. Mourning doves weigh 112–170 g (4.0–6.0 oz), usually closer to 128 g (4.5 oz). [26] The mourning dove has a wingspan of 37–45 cm. [27] The elliptical wings are broad, and the head is rounded.
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Earliest published illustration of the species (a male), Mark Catesby, 1731 Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus coined the binomial name Columba macroura for both the mourning dove and the passenger pigeon in the 1758 edition of his work Systema Naturae (the starting point of biological nomenclature), wherein he appears to have considered the two identical.
Hearing the mourning dove again was a revelation, but with it came a realization: the wistful coo hadn't been in the air for years. Hearing the mourning dove again was a revelation, but with it ...
The Zenaida dove is approximately 28–30 cm (11–12 in) in length. It looks very similar to the mourning dove, but is smaller in size, has a shorter, more rounded tail, and is a bit more darkly colored. It is also distinguished from the mourning dove by showing white on the trailing edge of its wings while in flight.
The mourning collared dove is a largish, stocky pigeon, up to 31 cm in length. Its back, wings and tail are pale brown. The head is grey and the underparts are pink, shading to pale grey on the belly. There is a black hind neck patch edged with white. The legs and a patch of bare skin around the eye are red.
Aug. 28—AUSTIN — A rainy spring and early summer led to a good nesting season through most of the state and near record high populations of mourning and white-wing doves across large portions ...
Stevie Nicks famously sang about the "white-winged dove" in her 1981 hit "Edge of Seventeen," but she'd apparently never actually heard one sing … until now:> In 1980 I was flying home from ...