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njlarsen

Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)

Looking at images of this bird and Zenaida Dove (which overlap in SE Caribbean), I discovered what seems to be a field mark: ZeDo seems to have a pattern of white surrounding a black band across the tail which eared dove does not show on the images I looked at. Subspecies stenura
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Location
Mt Hartman, Grenada
Date taken
24 April 2024
Scientific name
Zenaida auriculata
Equipment used
Pana G85 w PanaLeica100-400
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Some doves really are rather pretty, aren't they!

A wonderful picture this Niels, thanks my friend.
 

Media information

Category
The Caribbean
Added by
njlarsen
Date added
View count
81
Comment count
4

Image metadata

Device
Panasonic DMC-G85
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
400.0 mm
Exposure time
1/400 second(s)
ISO
800
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Eared Dove P1290463.jpg
File size
575 KB
Date taken
Wed, 24 April 2024 3:13 PM
Dimensions
1500px x 2508px

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