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UrbanPlatform nestMedium · 110 g
What the Eared Dove sounds like
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The eared dove is 24 cm (9.4 in) long with a long, wedge-shaped tail, and weighs normally about 112 g (4.0 oz). Adult males have mainly olive-brown upperpart plumage, with black spots on the wings. The head has a grey crown, black line behind the eye, and the blue-black on the lower ear coverts. These black markings give the species its English and specific names. The underparts are vinous, and the tail is tipped with cinnamon. The bill is black and the legs dark red. The female is duller than the male, and immature birds are greyish-brown, very dull, with pale barring.
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When to see the Eared Dove
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eared Dove
The map shades 24 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Panama.
About the Eared Dove
The eared dove 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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Easily confused with
Zenaida DoveZenaida auritaThe Zenaida dove is approximately 28–30 cm (11–12 in) in length.
West Peruvian DoveZenaida melodaThe West Peruvian dove is a medium-sized dove, being 25–33 cm (9.8–13.0 in) and weighing around 216 g (0.476 lb).
Galapagos DoveZenaida galapagoensisThe Galápagos dove grows 18–23 cm (7.1–9.1 in) long and weighs in at 67–92 g (2.4–3.2 oz).
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