Mourning Dove

Introduction:
He Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is a element of the dove family (Columbidae). The bird is as well call the Western Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and previously was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. It is one of the nearly all copious and prevalent of all North American birds. It is as well the foremost game bird, with up to 70 million birds blast yearly in the U.S., both for hobby and for meat. Its aptitude to continue its inhabitants beneath such heaviness stem from its creative breeding: in tepid areas, one duo may lift up to six broods a year. Its sad woo-oo-oo-oo call gives the bird its name. The wings can build a strange whistle sound upon take-off and landing, and the bird is a physically powerful flier, competent of speeds up to 88 km/h (55 mph).

Mourning Doves are light grey and brown and in general quiet in color. Males and females are similar in facade. The genus is generally monogamous, with two squabs (young) per brood. Both parents protect and care for the little. Mourning Doves eat just about completely seeds, but the youthful are fed crop milk by their parents.

The Mourning Dove is intimately connected to the Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) and the Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni). Some establishment explain them as form a super species and these three birds are now and then secret in the divide species Zenaidura, but the existing organization has them as disconnect genus in the species Zenaida. In adding up, the Socorro Dove has at times been considered conspecific with the Mourning Dove, even though quite a lot of difference in actions, call, and exterior validate severance as two dissimilar genus. While the three variety do form a subgroup of Zenaida, using a separate species would obstruct with the monophyly of Zenaida by making it paraphyletic.