Eared Dove
Zenaida auriculata
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 26,569
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eared dove”.