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title: "Mourning Dove"
description: "Zenaida macroura — Birds. The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mourning-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mourning Dove

> Zenaida macroura — Birds. The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae.

- Scientific name: *Zenaida macroura*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 310120
- Wikidata: [Q750027](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q750027)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3454](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3454)

## Names

- en: Mourning Dove
- de: Carolinataube
- es: Huilota Común
- fr: Tourterelle triste
- nl: Treurduif
- pt: Rola-carpideira
- pl: Gołębiak karoliński

## Summary

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 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 (up to 70 million in some years) 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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_dove

## Photo

![Mourning Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mourning-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sheila · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197984758

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mourning-dove?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).