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SpeciesColumbiformesColumbidae
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🕊️Socorro Dove

Zenaida graysoni (Lawrence, 1871)

The Socorro dove or Grayson's dove is a dove species which is extinct in the wild. It was endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands off the west coast of Mexico. The last sighting in its natural habitat was in 1972 and it survives only in captivity. A reintroduction program is being prepared.

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Conservation status
EWExtinct in the wild

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Key measurements
Body mass
0.19 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
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Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Extinct in the wild

Assessed Extinct in the Wild on the IUCN Red List, 2020. The only known survivors live in captivity or outside their natural range.

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Everything we know about the Socorro Dove

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Body mass
0.19 kg
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Tail length
0.13 m
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Wing length
0.15 m
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Beak length
0.02 m
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Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Herbivore
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Habitat
Forest
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Generalist
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.2 Laverage
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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 Socorro Dove yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderColumbiformes
  5. ›familyColumbidae
  6. ›genusZenaida
  7. ›speciesZenaida graysoni
Full lineage
  1. orderSauria
  2. classBirds · Aves
  3. orderPigeons & doves · Columbiformes
  4. genusZenaida
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderPigeons & doves · Columbiformes
  11. genusZenaida
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In other languages
Colom Socorro (ca), hrdlička sokorská (cs), Socorrodue (da), Socorrotaube (de), Zenaida graysoni (es), socorronkyyhky (fi) … and 20 more languages
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