A slim-bodied dove with a pointed tail and a habit of feeding on seeds on the ground.
It has a slender body, a small head, and a long, pointed tail.
In Phoenix, Arizona, researchers placed feeding stations at 13 sites spanning different levels of urban development. They ran 126 short trials using popcorn and recorded how long it took a bird to arrive and which species appeared. Birds visited in 62 trials; most visits involved only one species. The researchers also compared visits with the amount of pavement around each site.
Native doves, including Mourning Doves, were more likely to visit stations in less paved places. Non-native doves such as Rock Pigeons and Eurasian Collared-doves arrived sooner. Even when the same food was available, the mix of roads and buildings around a station was linked with which birds came to feed.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Feeding trials at 13 Phoenix-area sites found that native doves, including Mourning Doves, were more likely to visit stations in less paved areas. Keeping connected green places where ground-feeding birds can forage may help retain feeding opportunities for native urban doves.