What is Socorro dove?
{{Taxobox | image = Zenaida graysoni 1.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Socorro dove collecting nesting material<br/> [[Netherlands]] | name = Socorro dove | status = EW | status_system = iucn3.1 | regnum = [[Animalia]] | classis = [[Aves]] | subclassis = [[Neornithes]] | ordo = [[Columbiformes]] | familia = [[Columbidae]] | subfamilia = [[Leptotilinae]] | genus = ''[[Zenaida doves|Zenaida]]'' | binomial = ''Zenaida graysoni'' | binomial_authority = [[George Newbold Lawrence|Lawrence]] 1871}} The '''Socorro dove''' (''Zenaida graysoni'') is a [[dove]] that was [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Socorro Island]] on the west coast of [[Mexico]]. The last bird was seen there in 1972. For this reason, [[International Union for the Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] has classified the species as extinct in the wild. In captivity, there are not more than about 200 and probably fewer than 100 purebred birds. Because of this, a reintroduction program is being prepared.<ref>BLI (2004), Schmechel (2006)</ref> It is a close relative of the [[mourning dove|mourning]] and [[eared dove]]s.<ref>Johnson & Clayton (2000)</ref> It was at one time considered a [[subspecies]] of the mourning dove. == References == {{reflist}} ==Sources== * BirdLife International (BLI) (2007). [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2555&m=0 Socorro Dove-BirdLife Species Factsheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105145239/http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2555&m=0 |date=2009-01-05 }}. Retrieved 2007-NOV-24. * Johnson, Kevin P. & Clayton, Dale H. (2000). A Molecular Phylogeny of the Dove Genus ''Zenaida'': Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA sequences. ''[[Condor (journal)|Condor]]'' '''102'''(4): 864–870. [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v102n04/p0864-p0870.pdf PDF fulltext] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808170216/http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v102n04/p0864-p0870.pdf |date=2010-08-08 }} * Sch