Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
About the Eared Dove
The eared dove (Zenaida auriculata) is a New World dove. It is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, and on the offshore islands from the Grenadines southwards. It may be a relatively recent colonist of Tobago and Trinidad. It appears to be partially migratory, its movements driven by food supplies. It is a close relative of the North American mourning dove. With that species, the Socorro dove, and possibly the Galápagos dove, it forms a superspecies. The latter two are insular offshoots, the Socorro birds from ancestral mourning doves, and the Galápagos ones from more ancient stock.
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Similar species
- Mourning DoveZenaida macrourarecording
- West Peruvian DoveZenaida melodaprofile
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaprofile
- Zenaida DoveZenaida auritaprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.