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© 2005 - Walter Bauer, San Antonio, Texas
Field
Marks: Like the Mourning Dove but heavier; tail is a rounded, tipped
with broad white corner. The only dove with a large white patch on the wing.
Voice: A harsh cooing, coo-uh-cuck'-oo.
Where found: Southwest United States
south to North Chile. Winters mostly in Central America.
Texas: Summers in south Texas and
along the Rio Grande to El Paso. Has begun moving eastward. Now found in Sugar
Land and Houston, Texas. In Central Texas within the last few years moved from
San Antonio northward to New Braunfels.
Habitat: Woodlands, mesquite, citrus groves, towns.
Nest: A flimsy platform of twigs in a tree, shrub, cactus, or on the ground. They lay two white eggs.