West Peruvian Dove (Zenaida meloda)
About the West Peruvian Dove
The West Peruvian dove or Pacific dove (Zenaida meloda), known locally as tórtola melódica or cuculí, is a species of dove in the genus Zenaida found on the South American Pacific coast. It was initially described by Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1843 as Columba meloda, based upon a holotype specimen collected from a western slope of the Andes mountains in Peru. It has previously been considered conspecific with the white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica), but has been retained as its own species based on genetic data and differences in plumage, soft part coloration, and vocalization and territorial song, which is not a learned behavior in doves.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 61 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculatarecording
- Mourning DoveZenaida macrourarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.