Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Galapagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) - HBW 4, p. 160

French: Tourterelle des Galapagos German: Galapagostaube Spanish: Zenaida de Galápagos

Taxonomy: Zenaida Galapagoensis Gould, 1839, Galapagos Archipelago.
Sometimes separated in monospecific genus Nesopelia; has proportionally shorter tail, larger legs and feet, and longer bill than Z. macroura and Z. auriculata; however, Z. aurita appears to be intermediate between present species and other members of genus in the above characters and colour patterns; nevertheless, present species has very different calls and displays from all other Zenaida and, given the conservative nature of dove displays, its isolation in a separate genus may be appropriate. Two subspecies recognized.

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