NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Eared Dove
Zenaida auriculata (des Murs, 1847)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
An Eared Dove in Oranjestad, Aruba.
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Eared dove; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T01:55:42.498553+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Zenaida auriculata (des Murs, 1847)
- Name authority
- (des Murs, 1847)
- Common name
- Eared Dove
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Zenaida
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderColumbiformes
- familyColumbidae
- subfamilyColumbinae
- genusZenaida Bonaparte, 1838
- speciesZenaida auriculata (des Murs, 1847)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Zenaida. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita (Temminck, 1809) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Galapagos DoveZenaida galapagoensis Gould, 1841 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mourning DoveZenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West Peruvian DoveZenaida meloda (Tschudi, 1843) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Socorro DoveZenaida graysoni (Lawrence, 1871) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177129 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5D2BV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.