Fauna of Saskatchewan

Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura

Location: My parents' garden.




Interesting facts:

- Up to 70 million doves shot a year as gamebirds in the United States (for sport and meat)
- Capable of flying 88 kilometres an hour
- Range of over 11 million square kilometres
- Closest relative of the extinct passenger pigeon
- North American fossils trace the mourning dove back 1.8 million years; very flexible to change