Socorro dove
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| Socorro Dove | |
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| Socorro Dove collecting nesting material Netherlands |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Subclass: | Neornithes |
| Infraclass: | Neognathae |
| Superorder: | Neoaves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptotilinae |
| Genus: | Zenaida |
| Species: | Z. graysoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Zenaida graysoni Lawrence, 1871 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Zenaida macroura graysoni |
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The Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni) is a dove that now cannot be found in the wild. In captivity, there are not more than some 200 and probably fewer than 100 purebred birds. Because of this, a reintroduction program is being prepared.[1]
It is a close relative of the Mourning and Eared Doves, particularly the former[2] and was at one time considered its subspecies.
