Dove: Identification

Mourning Dove

Illustration of mourning dove in flight

 

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Characteristics

  • Grayish-brown
  • More rapid wing beat, erratic flight path than white-winged dove
  • 12 inches from tip of beak to end of tail
  • Call is a soft, inflected cooAHoo followed by several coos
  • Black spots
  • Long, pointed tail
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Mourning dove
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White-Winged Dove

Illustration of white-winged dove in flight
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Characteristics

  • Grayish-brown
  • Slightly larger than mourning dove
  • Call is a soft hoohoo hoohoo with the final note descending
  • White wing patch
  • Long, moderately rounded tail

 

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small brownish bird with blue beak and white-edged wings and tail
White-winged dove
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Eurasian Collared-Dove

Illustration of Eurasian collared-dove in flight
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Characteristics

  • Gray
  • 15 inches from tip of beak to end of tail
  • Call is a three-par coo with similar tone to a domestic pigeon
  • Think black band on neck with white upper border
  • Long, squared tail
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Eurasian collared-dove
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