Listen to the Eared dove
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About the Eared dove
The Eared dove is a bird in the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 47 cm.
What does the Eared dove sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The eared dove (Zenaida auriculata) is a New World dove. It is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, and on the offshore islands from the Grenadines southwards. It may be a relatively recent colonist of Tobago and Trinidad. It appears to be partially migratory, its movements driven by food supplies.
It is a close relative of the North American mourning dove. With that species, the Socorro dove, and possibly the Galápagos dove, it forms a superspecies. The latter two are insular offshoots, the Socorro birds from ancestral mourning doves, and the Galápagos ones from more ancient stock.
Related birds in the genus Zenaida
More from the family Columbidae
Rock dove
Columba livia
Common wood pigeon
Columba palumbus
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
European turtle dove
Streptopelia turtur
Stock dove
Columba oenas
Spotted dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Laughing dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Kererū
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Nilgiri wood pigeon
Columba elphinstonii
Orange-breasted green pigeon
Treron bicinctus
Frequently asked questions
What does an Eared dove sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Eared dove on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Eared dove endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Eared dove as “least concern”.
What family does the Eared dove belong to?
The Eared dove (Zenaida auriculata) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina by Gabriele Magurno – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1006452 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Eared dove – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen – CC BY-SA 3.0