White-winged Dove

The White-winged Dove is expanding outside of its historic range into Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and northern New Mexico. Unlike most of the White-winged Doves in Texas, the doves in these regions do not migrate in winter.

The White-winged Dove is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) is a dove whose native range extends from the south-western USA through Mexico and the Caribbean. It has also been introduced to Florida. The White-winged Dove is expanding outside of its historic range into Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and northern New Mexico. Unlike most of the White-winged Doves in Texas, the doves in these regions do not migrate in winter. More

The White-winged Dove has a fairly large range reaching up to roughly 295,000 square kilometers. This bird can be found throughout a great area of Central America, the Caribbean and North America including Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States, and the U.S, Virgin Islands. There are also vagrant populations appearing in Anguilla, Antiqua and Canada. More

White-winged Dove Population Management in Texas = The importance of white-winged doves to hunter’s in Texas is considerable. White-winged doves in Texas provided an estimated 500,000 hunter days of opportunity, with a resulting harvest of approximately 1.5 million birds. Currently, Texas represents the primary continental United States range of the Eastern, Mexican Highland, Upper Big Bend, and Western breeding populations of white-winged doves. More

White-winged doves are an important pollinator and seed disperser for the saguaro. Besides nectar and fruit, will feed on berries and seeds. See Dove Natural History for more. More

Texas the White-winged Dove can be found in the Texas Wild section of the Fort Worth Zoo. Page Author: Kelly L. Smith kelkel382003@yahoo.com Sources and Links: Florida's breeding bird atlas; Geanangel, Charles L., www.wildflorida.org/bba/wwdo.htm USGS Identification Tips; www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/gram1st/i3190id.html Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (1996-2003), www.desertmuseum.org/pollination/doves.html Passport to Texas (August 1999), www.passporttotexas.com/birds/aug. More

* Although the White-winged Dove is mostly resident in the Southwest, it is expanding its range, and individuals can be found far afield. White-winged Doves have been seen from Alaska to Ontario, Maine, Newfoundland, and most places inbetween. More

Dictionary: white-winged dove (hwīt'wĭngd', wīt'-) pronunciation Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary n. A large gray American dove (Zenaida asiatica) having a patch of white on each wing. Home of Wiki & Reference Answers, the world’s leading Q&A siteReference AnswersEnglish▼English▼ Deutsch Español Français Italiano Tagalog * * Search unanswered questions... More

At first glance White-winged Doves look and behave similarly to North America's Mourning Doves, except that there's a lot of white in the White-winged's wings forming conspicuous white bars along the wings' lower edge when the birds are perching. Also, Mourning Doves have long, pointed tails while White- wings have blunt, pigeon-like tails. The two species are enough alike, however, to be placed in the same genus, ZENAIDA. You can see a White-winged Dove at http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/Wwdove.htm. More

White-winged Doves are important pollinators and seed dispersers for the giant saguaro cacti of the Sonoran Desert. White-winged Doves roost together in large groups. Although the White-winged Dove is mostly resident in the Southwest, it is expanding its range, and individuals can be found far afield. Concentration of human habitation in urban areas, supplemental fossil-fuel heat sources, absorption and radiation of solar energy from asphalt and concrete, and backyard bird feeding may account for expansion up to 650 km north of nineteenth-century range. More

white-winged doves became more abundant and more vocal. Males and females are already mated by the time they show up in the states. The male white wing quickly sets up housekeeping and announces his home turf in song and display. Their arrival in southern Arizona is a testament to nature's splendor - they show up just in time to partake in the fruits of saguaro cactus and mesquite blooms. More

White-winged doves are large, chunky members of the doves family Columbidae. Adult birds are brownish-gray, with distinctive white wing bars visible at rest and in flight.. Males and females have similar plumage, both with an orbital ring of blue featherless skin, a black “ear spot” beneath the eye, red irises, and pinkish-red legs and feet. Males tend to be slightly larger than females, with a hint of iridescent purple on the neck and head. More

White-winged doves eat seeds from desert willow trees, ocotillo, agave, as well as fruit from saguaro, organ-pipe and other cacti. They also sip nectar from saguaro cactus fruit. Predators Predators include fox, coyote, owls, hawks, bobcats, snakes and domestic animals such as house cats and domestic dogs. Home A female will select a location to build a nest such as a tangle of vines, clump of cactus or a tree limb. More

The white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica) is a large, semi-tropical, migratory, bird of the pigeon family – Columbidae. This new world dove is about 1/3 larger than the mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) with a wing span of approximately 20 inches and total body length of 12 inches. White-winged dove adults weigh about seven ounces. Adults generally are brown; juveniles are grayish brown in color. The white-winged doves principal identifying feature is its white wing bars that appear as white flashes when the bird is in flight. More

1920 there were several million white-winged doves in the lower Rio Grande Valley. However, wholesale clearing of the land destroyed most of the scrub woodlands used for nesting and, according to one source, hordes of hunters had contests to see who could kill the most birds. By 1930, the population had begun to decline. More

call of the white-winged dove is distinctive with loud a loud cooing sequence that sounds like "who cooks for you" with emphasis on the last note. They are colonial nesters and also congregate while roosting and during feeding activities. Since the early 1930's, the white-winged dove has been an important game bird for many generations of Texas hunters in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). More