Species group · Birds

Doves

WAnimals has 2 species of dove, all in the family Columbidae.

2 species
1 family
58 countries
214 parks
Weight
96 g – 240 g
Length
22 cm – 36 cm
Lifespan
17 – 19 years

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of doves on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Conservation status

2 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

See the global conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 58 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…

  • It is at once one of the most abundant birds in North America, with some three hundred million individuals, and the most shot game bird on the continent: more than twenty million are taken a year without the population suffering.

    From Mourning Dove

  • It feeds its chicks on crop milk, a secretion rich in fat and protein that both parents produce in the lining of the crop, a trait unique to pigeons among birds.

    From Mourning Dove

  • It can drink by sucking with its bill submerged, without needing to raise its head to swallow as almost all birds do, which lets it drink in a few seconds and reduce its exposure to predators.

    From Mourning Dove

  • After being introduced accidentally to the Bahamas in the 1970s it spread across almost all of North America within a few more decades.

    From Eurasian Collared Dove

  • It eats seeds, grain and scraps, often around people.

    From Eurasian Collared Dove

  • It lays 2 eggs to a clutch, one noticeably larger than the other.

    From Eurasian Collared Dove

Ecosystems

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