Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove
(Zenaida macroura)
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/MODO_Debbie-McKenzie-728x494.jpg)
Song
© Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Song
© Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
Wing sound
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
Where To Find It
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mourning_dove_range.gif)
Source: Birds of the World
Habitats
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/forest.png)
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/grassland.png)
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/open-woodland.png)
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/town.png)
Substrates
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/substrate-ground.png)
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/substrate-live-tree.png)
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/substrate-vine.png)
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/substrate-building.png)
What You'll Find
Nest Type
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/platform.png)
Chick
![](https://nestwatch.org/wp-content/plugins/nw-focal-species//images/icons/Altricial.png)
Clutch Size
1
2
Nest Height
250 ft
0 ft
Nesting Statistics
Incubation Period
14
days
days
Brooding Period
13-15
days
days
Useful Hints
- Members of a pair preen each other with gentle nibbles around the neck as a pair-bonding ritual. Eventually, the pair will progress to grasping beaks and bobbing their heads up and down in unison.
- Mourning Doves sometimes reuse their own or other species’ nests.
- Mourning Doves commonly build nests in hanging flower pots or other human-made structures.