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Zenaida auriculata (Eared Dove)

Synonyms: Peristera auriculata

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Infraspecies

Zenaida auriculata antioquiae
Zenaida auriculata auriculata
Zenaida auriculata caucae
Zenaida auriculata chrysauchenia
Zenaida auriculata hypoleuca
Zenaida auriculata jessieae
Zenaida auriculata marajoensis
Zenaida auriculata noronha (Eared Dove) (Attributes)
Zenaida auriculata pentheria
Zenaida auriculata stenura
Zenaida auriculata vinaceorufa

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.54773
EDGE Score: 2.14567
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  103 grams
Female Weight [1]  95 grams
Male Weight [1]  112 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  17.9 %
Diet [2]  Granivore
Diet - Seeds [2]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  40 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Incubation [3]  14 days
Wing Span [5]  19 inches (.47 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Chenopodium album (lambsquarters goosefoot)[3]
Echinochloa colonum (Jungle ricegrass)[3]
Ficus longifolia[6]
Setaria pampeana[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Carduelis carduelis (European Goldfinch)1
Chloris chloris (European Greenfinch)1
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)1
Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)1
Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)1

Predators

Circus cinereus (Cinereous Harrier)[7]
Galictis vittata (Greater Grison)[8]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 5On the allometry of wings, Enrique Morgado, Bruno Günther and Urcesino Gonzalez, Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 60: 71-79, 1987
♦ 6"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
♦ 7DIET OF BREEDING CINEREOUS HARRIERS (CIRCUS CINEREUS) IN SOUTHEASTERN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA, María S. Bó, Sandra M. Cicchino, Mariano M. Martínez, J. Raptor Res. 34(3):237-241
♦ 8Galictis vittata, Eric Yensen and Teresa Tarifa, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 727, pp. 1–8 (2003)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0