Original account 7 ยท seb_species_0007

Eared Dove

zenaida auriculata

Columbidae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

Male 22-28 cm, female 22-26 cm. <NTop of head gray. Forehead, sides of head and underparts vinous pink. Line behind the eye and on the ear coverts purple-black. Upper parts olive brown glossed iridescent purple and gold on the upper mantle. Outer tail feathers broadly tipped white or cinnamon rufous. Orbital skin bluish. Iris red. Bill black. Legs and feet red. <NThe female has little or no gray on the top of the head. <NJuveniles have a buffy foreneck and breast and no metallic reflections on the sides of the neck. Call dark "coo whoo". Mostly forages on the ground for seeds, alone or in groups. Breeds inland sometimes in giant colonies in sugar cane fields ^119 . April-June. Not uncommon in open areas inland, cultivated land, farmland and gardens, cities. Rare at the coast. Moves into newly deforested areas. Throughout. In Estado S<C4>o Paulo at<8E>Cananeia, Capao Bonito, Itapeva, Itarar<CA>, Barra do Ribeira, Itapetininga, Ipanema ^119 . Up to 2000 meters. 7423 Call, Nicholson, C., LNS81151.: 9706 >:

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

Male 22-28 cm, female 22-26 cm. <NTop of head gray. Forehead, sides of head and underparts vinous pink. Line behind the eye and on the ear coverts purple-black. Upper parts olive brown glossed iridescent purple and gold on the upper mantle. Outer tail feathers broadly tipped white or cinnamon rufous. Orbital skin bluish. Iris red. Bill black. Legs and feet red. <NThe female has little or no gray on the top of the head. <NJuveniles have a buffy foreneck and breast and no metallic reflections on the sides of the neck.

Voice

Call dark "coo whoo".

Behavior

Mostly forages on the ground for seeds, alone or in groups.

Breeding

Breeds inland sometimes in giant colonies in sugar cane fields ^119 . April-June.

Habitat and status

Not uncommon in open areas inland, cultivated land, farmland and gardens, cities. Rare at the coast. Moves into newly deforested areas.

Distribution

Throughout. In Estado S<C4>o Paulo at<8E>Cananeia, Capao Bonito, Itapeva, Itarar<CA>, Barra do Ribeira, Itapetininga, Ipanema ^119 . Up to 2000 meters.

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence โ€” the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

zenaida auriculata

Eared Dove

Columbidae

Pigeons,Doves

CLEMENTS

zenaida auriculata

Eared Dove

Columbidae(in part)

Pigeons,Doves

AOU_HM

zenaida auriculata

Eared Dove

Columbidae(in part)

Pigeons,Doves

Recordings

7423.mp3

7423 Call, Nicholson, C., LNS81151.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/7423.mp3

Images

Historical image associated with Eared Dove
9706.jpg
9706 >
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/9706.jpg

Source details

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Item reference
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Information status
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