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mourning dove
(redirected from Zenaida macroura)

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mourning dove
n.
A grayish-brown, swift-flying wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) of North America, noted for its mournful call. Also called turtledove.
mourning dove
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a brown North American dove, Zenaidura macroura, with a plaintive song
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Noun1.mourning dove - wild dove of the United States having a mournful callmourning dove - wild dove of the United States having a mournful call
Zenaidura macroura
dove - any of numerous small pigeons
genus Zenaidura, Zenaidura - mourning doves
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Key Words: cage design, Missouri, mourning doves, Zenaida macroura Introduction Mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) are the most studied and heavily hunted migratory upland game bird in North America (Baskett et al.
Design and construction of mourning dove research pens by Millspaugh, Joshua J. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
The mourning dove - Zenaida macroura, named for its sorrowful coo heard most often in the 30 minutes before and after sunrise, provides more than 10 million hunting-recreation days annually, based on state surveys.
JUST DOVELY; DOVE HUNTERS CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Zenaida macroura probably nests, on occasion, in scrubby floodplain trees.
Birds of the Grand Calumet River basin by Brock, Kenneth J. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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