What is Mourning collared dove?
{{speciesbox | name = Mourning collared dove | image = African mourning dove (Streptopelia decipiens perspicillata).jpg | image_caption=''S. d. perspicillata''<br>[[Lake Baringo]], [[Kenya]] | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22690477/0 |title=''Streptopelia decipiens'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | genus = Streptopelia | species = decipiens | authority = ([[Gustav Hartlaub|Hartlaub]] & [[Otto Finsch|Finsch]], 1870) }} The '''mourning collared dove''' (''Streptopelia decipiens'') is a [[Dove|pigeon]] that lives in [[Africa]], south of [[Sahara]]. Despite its name, it is not a close relative of the [[North America]]n [[mourning dove]] (''Zenaida macroura''). This [[species]] is found most near water. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Doves]] [[Category:Birds of Africa]] {{biology-stub}}