Bird category

Doves & pigeons

Cooing ground feeders.

19

Species in the app

4

Profiled here

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

9–13 inOpen groundYear-round

A mournful, owl-like coo-oo, followed by two or three coos.

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Rock Pigeon

11–14 inCitiesYear-round

A soft, rolling coo-roo-coo.

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

12–13 inTowns, farmsYear-round

A three-note coo-COO-coo, the middle note strongest.

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

White-winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica

11–12 inDesert scrubMigratory

A hooting who-cooks-for-you cadence.

Photo credits (4)

2022-04-06 Streptopelia decaocto, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1 — stevem4560, CC BY 4.0
Av Mourning Dove JG — JeffreyGammon, CC BY 4.0
Columba livia (Rock Dove, wild), Duncansby Head, Caithness, Scotland 1 — william_stephens, CC BY 4.0
Zenaida asiatica -Tuscon -Arizona -USA -8a — SearchNet Media, CC BY 2.0

A songbird perched on a stump

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