White-winged Dove Similar Species Comparison
Main SpeciesWhite-winged Dove
Adult
Medium-sized dove with small head and short, square-tipped tail. Pale brown overall with white stripe along wing; becomes large white patch on inner wing in flight.
© Ted Bradford / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, December 12, 2016Adult
Note large white crescent along wing when perched; in flight it becomes a large white patch.
© Luke Seitz / Macaulay LibraryOaxaca, January 09, 2013Not all videos have sound
Adult
Medium-sized dove with short, white-tipped tail. Wingtips are blackish, contrasting with white inner wing.
© Christoph Moning / Macaulay LibraryFajardo, January 10, 2016Adult
Medium-sized dove with distinctive flight pattern: gray-brown body; white inner wing with black wingtips; dark tail with white corners.
© Charlotte Byers / Macaulay LibraryArizona, April 15, 2016Adult
Often found in dense, thorny forests, but increasingly common in towns.
© William Hilscher / Macaulay LibraryTexas, March 12, 2017Habitat
Typically found in dry habitats with mix of trees for nesting and open areas, grasslands, fields, or desert scrub for feeding.
© Sean Fitzgerald / Macaulay LibraryArizona, May 12, 2016Similar SpeciesMourning Dove
Adult
Mourning Doves are thinner-bodied than White-winged Doves with long, tapering tails and gray-brown wings.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, April 08, 2014Similar SpeciesEurasian Collared-Dove
Adult/immature
Eurasian Collared-Doves have a black collar across the back of the neck, lack the white wing stripe, and have a longer tail than White-winged Doves.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryFlorida, December 12, 2015Similar SpeciesWhite-tipped Dove
Adult (White-tipped)
White-tipped Doves are darker gray above than White-winged Doves and lack the bold white stripes in the wing.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryGuárico, November 26, 2010Similar SpeciesWhite-tipped Dove
Adult (White-tipped)
White-tipped Doves have small white tips to the tail, not the flashy white corners of White-winged Doves.
© Carlton Collier / Macaulay LibraryTexas, March 23, 2014Similar SpeciesRock Pigeon
Adult
Rock Pigeons are larger than White-winged Doves and are usually gray with dark bars in the wing, rather than brown with a white wing stripe.
© Luke Seitz / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, February 01, 2014Rotate Your Device to Better Compare
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Pigeons and Doves(Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae)
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