Stats

Lifespan

10-15 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Arid scrubland

Range

North America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

This dove lives in the deserts and forests of the southwestern United States. It carries cactus fruit seeds in its crop to disperse them across the arid landscape.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae

Genus

Zenaida

Species

Zenaida asiatica