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Socorro Dove

Zenaida graysoni

Range & Recent Observations

Socorro Doveis a year-round resident and doesn't follow a migration flyway. See the Range tab for where it lives.

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About the Socorro Dove

The Socorro dove or Grayson's dove (Zenaida graysoni) is a dove species which is extinct in the wild. It was endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands off the west coast of Mexico. The last sighting in its natural habitat was in 1972 and it survives only in captivity. A reintroduction program is being prepared. It is a close relative of the mourning and eared doves, particularly the former, and was at one time considered a subspecies. In captivity, it hybridizes with the former and almost all privately owned birds as well as several of the captive breeding program birds are known or strongly suspected to be hybrids. These are excluded from the reintroduction program as there is evidence of unique adaptations in the Socorro species.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Zenaida graysoni
Family
Pigeons and Doves
Order
Columbiformes

Similar species

Other members of the pigeons and doves family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
  • Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
  • Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
  • Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
  • Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
  • Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
  • European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
  • Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
  • Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps

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