Zenaida aurita

• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
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• 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, arid lowland scrubs, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub • Maximum Elevation: 600 meters • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 864 meters (0 to 2,835 feet).Mean = -123.040 meters (-403.675 feet), Standard Deviation = 804.170 based on 694 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

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

Biology

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Zenaida aurita (Temminck) 1809
2. Zenaida aurita (Temminck, 1809)

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. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Zenaida aurita. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2004. 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 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852294
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-677517
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 238524
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177118
• IUCN ID: 48782
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNPB04020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178103

Footnotes

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