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Zenaida macroura (mourning dove)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Columba macroura was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Zenaidura macroura by Wetmore (1931), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956) and Bernstein (1965); it was recombined as Zenaida macroura by Hay (1930), Olson et al. (1990), Emslie (1998), Steadman et al. (2003), Clements et al. (2017) and Oswald and Steadman (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Columba macroura Linnaeus p. 164
1930Zenaida macroura Hay p. 346
1931Zenaidura macroura Wetmore p. 39
1942Zenaidura macroura Miller and DeMay p. 115
1956Zenaidura macroura Wetmore p. 81
1965Zenaidura macroura Bernstein p. 273
1990Zenaida macroura Olson et al.
1998Zenaida macroura Emslie
2003Zenaida macroura Steadman et al.
2017Zenaida macroura Clements et al.
2018Zenaida macroura Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidae
genusZenaidaBonaparte 1838
speciesmacroura()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Zenaida macroura Linnaeus 1758 [mourning dove]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:33:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:14:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Zenaida macroura (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Zenaida macroura (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Zenaida macroura (176098)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Zenaida macroura (20350 20385)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Zenaida macroura (20327)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Zenaida macroura (20398) Zenaidura macroura (20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Zenaidura macroura (150336 152008 192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Zenaidura macroura (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Zenaida macroura (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Zenaidura macroura (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Zenaida macroura (123918) Zenaidura macroura (44954 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Zenaida macroura (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Zenaida macroura (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Zenaida macroura (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Zenaida macroura (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Zenaida macroura (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Zenaidura macroura (194484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti Zenaida macroura (194483)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Zenaida macroura (195047)