Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
- GenusZenaida (Zenaida Doves)
- SpeciesZenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)
Closest Relatives at Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
Zenaida Dove
Zenaida aurita
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Ring-tailed Pigeon
Patagioenas caribaea
Common Ground-Dove
Columbina passerina
Crested Quail-Dove
Geotrygon versicolor
White-crowned Pigeon
Patagioenas leucocephala
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Geotrygon montana
Caribbean Dove
Leptotila jamaicensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mourning Dove in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Mourning Dove sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Mourning Dove in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Mourning Dove in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park in our monthly data.