What is Eared dove?
{{Taxobox | name = Eared Dove | image = Zenaida auriculata -Sao Lourenco do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil-8.jpg | image_caption = In Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | status_system = iucn3.1 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Columbiformes]] | familia = [[Columbidae]] | genus = ''Zenaida'' | species = '''''Z. auriculata''''' | binomial = ''Zenaida auriculata'' | binomial_authority = (Marc Athanese Parfait Oeillet Des Murs, 1847) }} The '''Eared Dove''', '''''Zenaida auriculata''''', is a [[New World]] tropical [[dove]]. It is seen throughout [[South America]] from [[Colombia]] to southern [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]], and on the offshore islands from the [[Grenadines]] southwards. It appears to be [[migration|partly migratory]], but it may only be when it needs more food. When it lays its eggs, it builds a small stick nest several meters up in a tree.<ref>Cisneros-Heredia (2006)</ref> It is a close relative of the North American [[Mourning Dove]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Doves]] [[Category:Birds of South America]]