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Revision as of 16:34, 18 June 2008
- Zenaida macroura
Identification
- Light brown overall
- Gray crown
- Black mark on neck/cheek
- Black spots on coverts
- Dark primaries
- Long tail
- Inner feathers longest
- Outer feathers tipped white
Males how a rosy pink iridescence on their neck.
Wings whistle during take-off
Distribution
USA, southern Canada and south to Central America.
Habitat
Open woodlands and cultivation, farmyards and gardens in towns.
Taxonomy
Behaviour
Common visitor to backyard bird feeders.
Voice
A low series of coos ooo-a-ooo oooo ooo ooo
