The mournful cooing of the Mourning Dove is one of our most familiar bird sounds. From southern Canada to central Mexico, this is one of our most common birds, often abundant in open country and along ...

“Wherever you are, you might have a mourning dove in your area,” John Rowden says. He adds that very few species are so ...

There's also a European turtledove that's a different dove species from the mourning dove. To hear the forlorn yet soothing ...

Out of the some 30 species of birds — songbirds, woodpeckers and others — that may visit feeders in Georgia during winter, the mourning dove is the only one officially designated as a “game ...

Mourning doves are also a popular game bird with hunting seasons established in 37 of the lower 48 states. There are more mourning doves harvested than all other migratory game bird species combined.

Polytypic. Length 11". A little larger than the mourning dove; generally brownish gray above and a paler gray below; white ends on the greater coverts form prominent patches on the wings ...

Related to the Mourning Dove, but a larger and bulkier bird, the White-wing is mainly a summer resident in the southwestern states. It is abundant in some regions, and streamside groves or desert ...

noticeably larger than the mourning dove. There is also a naturally occurring cream-colored variant, and this species is known to hybridize with the ringed turtle-dove, so plumage variation will ...