Guide to North American Birds
Family Pigeons and Doves
When Audubon explored Florida in the 1830s, he apparently found Zenaida Doves nesting on the Florida Keys. Today the species is only a very rare visitor to Florida from the islands of the Caribbean. Like its relatives, the Mourning and White-winged doves, it usually feeds on the ground in brushy or semi-open areas.

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Illustration © David Allen Sibley.
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Text © Kenn Kaufman, adapted from
Lives of North American Birds

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Songs and Calls

Very similar to Mourning dove, but faster and with the first note less modulated.
Audio © Lang Elliott, Bob McGuire, Kevin Colver, Martyn Stewart and others.
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