Back زنايدة الحمام ARZ Evirga (Zenaida) AVK Qhurukutu Aymara Zenaida (evned) Breton Zenaida Catalan Zenaida CEB Trauertauben German Zenaida Esperanto Zenaida Spanish Zenaida Basque
The zenaida doves make up a small genus (Zenaida) of American doves in the family Columbidae. The genus was introduced in 1838 by French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The name commemorates his wife, Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, niece of Napoleon Bonaparte. The type species is the Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita. It is the national bird of Anguilla.