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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

68Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
5Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct52
Nov11
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isles of Scilly England49
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
3Highland Scotland3
4Shetland Islands —3
5Orkney Islands Scotland1
50 England18 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
68
Peak month
October
Counties with records
5
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Zenaida macroura
Group
Birds
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Zenaida
Name with authority
Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q750027 · GBIF 2495347