RFW Bird-watching Resources

  Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

(Columba livia)

Family: Columbidae
Common Family Grouping:
Pigeons and Doves
4-Letter Species Code: ropi
Size: Medium

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   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County

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Rock Pigeon


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Less Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Rock Pigeon at xeno-canto.org

Eurasian Collared-Dove

(Streptopelia decaocto)

Family: Columbidae
Common Family Grouping:
Pigeons and Doves
4-Letter Species Code: eucd
Size: Medium

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   Peñasco

ABQ   Albuquerque

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Eurasian Collared-Dove


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Eurasian Collared-Dove at xeno-canto.org

White-winged Dove

(Zenaida asiatica)

Family: Columbidae
Common Family Grouping:
Pigeons and Doves
4-Letter Species Code: wwdo
Size: Medium

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   Rio Arriba County
Photo by: Sarah Nelson

   Rio Arriba County

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White-winged Dove


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Uncommon
Small numbers over-winter.

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of White-winged Dove at xeno-canto.org

Mourning Dove

(Zenaida macroura)

Family: Columbidae
Common Family Grouping:
Pigeons and Doves
4-Letter Species Code: modo
Size: Medium

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   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County

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Mourning Dove


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Mourning Dove at xeno-canto.org

Range data provided by Infonatura/Natureserve. Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Alnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005 Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1 NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA

eBird and CBC Graphs created with Google Charts: https://developers.google.com/chart

Data for CBC Graph: National Audubon Society (2020). The Christmas Bird Count Historical Results Online. Available http://www.christmasbirdcount.org November, 2020

Data for eBird Graph: eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: January 7, 2021).