Zenaida asiatica

• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
• More Info
• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Family Columbidae

Stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: tropical deciduous forests, gallery forests, arid lowland scrubs, riparian thickets, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, arid lowland scrubs • Maximum Elevation: 2,500 meters • Foraging Strata: Midstory • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.6Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist 14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

Diet

Almost Exclusively:

Seeds

Reproduction

• Clutch Size: 2
• Length of Incubation : 13-14 days
• Days to Fledge : 13-16
• Number of Broods: 2 or 3

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 26-May-2005.

Similar Species

Mourning Dove

Members of the genus Zenaida

There are approximately 46 species in this genus:

Z. asiatica (White-Winged Dove) · Z. asiatica asiatica (White-Winged Dove) · Z. asiatica australis · Z. asiatica clara (White-Winged Dove) · Z. asiatica mearnsi (White-Winged Dove) · Z. asiatica meloda · Z. auriculata (Eared Dove) · Z. auriculata antioquiae · Z. auriculata auriculata · Z. auriculata caucae · Z. auriculata chrysauchenia · Z. auriculata hypoleuca · Z. auriculata jessieae · Z. auriculata marajoensis · Z. auriculata noronha · Z. auriculata pentheria · Z. auriculata rubripes · Z. auriculata ruficauda · Z. auriculata stenura · Z. auriculata vinaceorufa · Z. auriculata virgata · Z. auriculata vulcania · Z. aurita (Zenaida Dove) · Z. aurita aurita (Zenaida Dove) · Z. aurita salvadorii · Z. aurita yucatanensis · Z. aurita zenaida (Zenaida Dove) · Z. galapagoensis (Galapagos Dove) · Z. galapagoensis galapagoensis · Z. graysoni (Socorro Dove) · Z. hypoleuca · Z. innotata · Z. jessieae marajoensis · Z. macrorura · Z. macroura (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura carolinensis (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura clarionensis (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura graysoni · Z. macroura macroura (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura marginella (Mourning Dove) · Z. macroura ssp · Z. macroura turturilla · Z. macroura x · Z. maculata · Z. meloda · Z. ruficauda

Bibliography

• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
• BirdLife International 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.
• Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
• Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 27, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
• Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 27, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Royal British Columbia Museum
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852293
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-677505
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816187
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177121
• IUCN ID: 48783
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNPB04010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13190

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