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Illustration of a Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) egg, 28.4 × 21.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Zenaida macroura

  • 28.4 × 21.5 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Canada and United States, Mexico, Central America (7 countries) and the Caribbean
show all 11Canada & United States: Canada, United States
Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Caribbean islands

Unmarked, white.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 47 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 162, 1932), p. 407.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Mourning Dove, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Mourning Dove, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum).
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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