Introductory
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Zenaida macroura | Mourning Dove 



ABBREVIATION : 
ZEMA

COMMON NAMES : 
   mourning dove
   turtle dove
   wild pigeon
   wild dove
   Carolina dove


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the mourning dove is Zenaida
macroura (Linnaeus) [5,6,7,22,25].  Two subspecies breed in the United
States.  Zenaida macroura ssp. carolinensis (Linnaeus) occurs east of
the Mississippi River,, and Z. macroura ssp. marginella (Woodhouse)
occurs in the western two-thirds of the United States [20,22,24].  The
western race is slightly smaller and paler than its eastern counterpart
[5].  A zone of overlap from Michigan through eastern Texas contains an
intermediate form of the two subspecies [20].


ORDER : 
Columbiformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, January 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1993. Zenaida macroura. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Zenaida macroura | Mourning Dove