🕊️Mourning Dove
The mourning dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, and colloquially as the turtle dove, and it was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread North American birds and a popular gamebird, with more than 20 million birds shot annually in the U.S., both for sport and meat. Its ability to sustain its population under such pressure is due to its prolific breeding; in warm areas, one pair may raise up to six broods of two young each in a single year. The wings make an unusual whistling sound upon take-off and landing, a form of sonation. The bird is a strong flier, capable of speeds up to 88 km/h (55 mph).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 0.12 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 31 years
Everything we know about the Mourning Dove
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.12 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.12 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.12 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.14 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan31 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation14 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 2AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatHuman ModifiedAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Mourning Dove yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderColumbiformes
- ›familyColumbidae
- ›genusZenaida
- ›speciesZenaida macroura
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPigeons & doves · Columbiformes
- genusZenaida
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPigeons & doves · Columbiformes
- genusZenaida
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