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The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove , the rain dove , the chueybird , colloquially as the turtle dove , and it was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove . [ 2 ]
Mourning Dove [a] (born Christine Quintasket [1]) or Humishuma [4] was a Native American (Okanogan , Arrow Lakes , and Colville) author best known for her 1927 novel Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range and her 1933 work Coyote Stories.
Earliest published illustration of the species (a male), Mark Catesby, 1731 Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus coined the binomial name Columba macroura for both the mourning dove and the passenger pigeon in the 1758 edition of his work Systema Naturae (the starting point of biological nomenclature), wherein he appears to have considered the two identical.
A week after a dove — dyed pink from head to claw — was found on the streets of New York City and brought to a local bird-rescue organization for medical treatment, the bird has died, largely ...
Aug. 28—AUSTIN — A rainy spring and early summer led to a good nesting season through most of the state and near record high populations of mourning and white-wing doves across large portions ...
The mourning dove has several black spots on the wing; the white-winged dove does not. [12] Other similar species include the white-tipped dove , but the lack of white wing edging is distinctive. The same goes for the invasive Eurasian collared dove , which is further differentiated by grayish overall color and black neck band.
McMurtry was a prolific writer whose work was mostly set in the American West, including Pulitzer-winning "Lonesome Dove" and Academy Award-winning "Brokeback Mountain."
In one of the alleged cases, one duck did so after the death of its mate. [16] Another example of an alleged case of animal suicide is the case of the dolphin which most often portrayed Flipper on the 1960s television show Flipper. According to trainer Ric O'Barry in the film The Cove, Kathy, the dolphin, suffocated herself before him. The ...