Welcome to the Diamond Dove Home Page MAIN MENU Diamond Doves Home Site Map Diamond doves Acquiring Diamond Doves Caring for Diamonds Living With Diamonds Raising Diamonds Growth of a Baby Diamond One Year's Reproduction Data Other Dove Species Other Geopelia Species Ringneck doves Eurasian Collared Doves Cape doves Mourning doves Mourning Dove Baby Growth Rock doves Dove Species Found in North America Dove Genera of the World Other Books of Interest Some Bird stories About Me Links Informational Sites American Dove Association Commerical Sites Jeff Dowining - Diamond Doves Garrie Landry - Diamond Doves Wade Oliver - The Dove Page Questions or Comments? Contact me by clicking here

Dove Species Found in North America This page has been included because of the large number of questions we receive about the identification of wild doves found in the United States.  At this time we have only included the scientific name, the range in the United States and Canada, length and weight data, and a photograph of each dove for most species.  But there are links provided to separate pages for the rock pigeon, ringneck or barbary dove, mourning dove, and we will soon have one for the Eurasian collared dove  Length and weight data were taken from Pigeons and Doves of the World by Gibbs, Barnes, and Cox (1).  I have expanded these ranges when my own data fell outside the data in their book.  All data includes the combined ranges of males and females. Photo credits for each dove are listed at the bottom of the page.  Permission to use any of the photographs here must be obtained from the photographer. Genus Common and Scientific Species Names North American Range, Size, and Weight Photograph Columba Rock Pigeon C. livia (Feral Species) Range:  Southern Canada and the entire USA Length: 31-34 centimeters Weight:  238-302 grams. White Crowned Pigeon C. leucocephala Range:  Southern tip of Florida Length: 29-40 centimeters Weight: 200-267 grams Band Tailed Pigeon C. fasciata Range:  West Coast USA and Arizona and Nevada Length:  33-40 centimeters Weight: 226-460 grams Red Billed Pigeon C. flavirostris Range:  Southwest Texas Length:  30-37 centimeters Weight:  268-424 grams   Streptopelia   Barbary Dove S. roseogrisa var risora (Feral Species) Range:  Central and South Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and South California Length: 26-27 centimeters Weight:  150-200 grams   European Collared Dove S. decaocto (Feral Species)   Range:  Florida and other states Length:  30-31 centimeters Weight:  112-260 grams   Spotted Dove S. chinensis (Feral Species) Range:  California Length:  29-35 centimeters Weight:  146-198 grams Ectopistes Passenger Pigeon E..migratorius (Extinct) Range:  Southern Canada to East Mexico, Cuba, & the Caribbean Length:  38-41 centimeters Weight: Not Available Zenaida Mourning Dove Z. macroura Range:  Southern Canada, United States Length: 22-34 centimeters Weight:100-170 grams White Winged Dove Z. asiatica Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California Length:  25-31 centimeters Weight: 125-187 grams Scardafella Inca Dove S. inca Range:  Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona Length:  12-19 centimeters Weight:  38-58 grams Columbina Common Ground Dove C. passerina Range:  Florida to Southern California Length: 15-18 centimeters Weight:  22-42 grams Rudy Ground Dove C. talpacoti Range:  Southern Texas to Southern California Length: 14-18 centimeters Weight:  32-58 grams   Leptotila White Tipped Dove L. verreauxi Range:  Rio Grande Valley in Texas Length: 23-30 centimeters Weight:  96-157 grams Photo credits   Columba livia - Helen White, Florida Columba leucocephala - Larry Manfredi - http://www.southfloridabirding.com Columba fasciata - David Keenan, San Jose, California Columba flavirostris - Richard L. Garrigues Streptopelia roseogrisa var risora - Helen White, Florida Streptopelia decaocto - Jeremy Lee, http://www.uknature.co.uk Streptopelia chinensis - K.W.Bridges, University of Hawaii Ectopistes migratorius - Angelica Maria White - New York Zeniada macroura - Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Zeniada asiatica - Robert Schantz - Arizona Scardafella inca - John Boyd, http://jboyd.net/ Columbina passerina - Don DesJardin, Florida Columbina talpacoti - John Boyd, http://jboyd.net/ Leptotila  verreauxi - John Boyd, http://jboyd.net/ References (1) Gibbs, David; Barnes, Eustace; Cox, John, Pigeons and Doves, A Guide to Pigeons and Doves of the World, London: Yale University Press 2001, pp. 176-179 ©2005 - Helen White Helen White P. O. Box 367, Tallahassee, FL 32302-0367 Last revised on February 28, 2006