Zenaida doves | |
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Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) | |
Call of a mourning dove | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Subfamily: | Columbinae |
Genus: | Zenaida Bonaparte, 1838 |
Type species | |
Zenaida amabilis[1] Bonaparte, 1838
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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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.[2] The name commemorates his wife, Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, niece of Napoleon Bonaparte.[3] The type species is the Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita.[4] It is the national bird of Anguilla.[5]