Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Long, streamline shape distinctive
- Graduated tail forms pointed shape
- Small head, thick chest, small bill
- © ashockenberry, Ontario, Canada, September 2008
Mourning Dove
Adult with nestlings
- Loose nest built in vegetation, tree limbs, or building ledges
- © Curtis Ellis, June 2008
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Grayish olive above with black spots on wings
- Black cheek spot
- Reddish legs and feet
- © Ken Schneider, December 2008
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Tail gray/ brown and black; white tips on outer tail feathers
- © Matt MacGillivray, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 2008
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Blue ring around dark eye
- Short, thin, black bill
- © Maggie Lee, KY, Louisville, December 2008
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Bill often appears downcurved off the blocky head
- © claire06010, CT, Bristol, November 2008
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Long tail extends far beyond the folded wings at rest
- © Iris Sutcliffe, NC, Greensboro, February 2007
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Small headed, dumpy bodied, and long-tailed look distinctive
- © Don Rash, SC, Lexington, February 2007
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Pinkish buff underparts
- © Douglas K. Davis, WI, Mosinee, February 2007
Mourning Dove
Adult
- Dark gray primaries contrast with the rest of the brownish folded wing
- © Kristen Hohensee, NY, East Amherst, February 2007
Similar Species
Adult
- Similar to juvenile Mourning Dove
- Strongly scaled upperparts
- Small size and thinner, square-tipped tail
- Rufous patches in the wing in flight
- © Mikael Behrens , Alpine, TX
Adult
- Obvious white wingstripe
- Squared tail
- © Tripp Davenport , Alpine, TX, February 2009
Adult
- Long, squared tail
- Paler overall and without spots on back
- Partial black ring on back of neck, but not black spot on face
- © Byard Miller , Gulf Shores, AL, November 2007
Adult
- Similar to adult Mourning Dove
- Tail short and squared
- Gray back and wings with dark wing bars
- Orange-red eye
- © Eric Rosenberg , Campbell, CA, July 2007