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Two Mourning Doves asleep on a branch - Zenaida macroura Royalty Free Stock Photo

Mourning Dove Asleep on a Branch in a Leafy Green Tree - Zenaida macroura Royalty Free Stock Photo

Two Mourning Doves asleep on a branch - Zenaida macroura

The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) 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 was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. This species' call is a distinctive, plaintive cooOOoo-woo-woo-woooo, uttered by males to attract females.Mourning doves are light grey and brown and generally muted in color. Males and females are similar in appearance. The species is generally monogamous, with two squabs (young) per brood. Both parents incubate and care for the young. Mourning doves eat almost exclusively seeds, but the young are fed crop milk by their parents.