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Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita

Photo: Mark Yokoyama

Classification

Columbidae [family]
Zenaida [genus] (3)
aurita [species]

Classification

Columbidae [family]
Zenaida [genus] (3)
aurita [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Saba
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten
  • Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
  • Endemic to Lesser Antilles

    Publications

    • Cory, C.B. 1890. A collection of birds taken by Cyrus S. winch in the Islands of Anguilla, Antigua, and St. Eustatius, West Indies, during April, May, June, and a part of July, 1890 8: 46-47. Washington, D.C. :American Ornithologists' Union.
    • Danforth, S.T. 1930. Notes on the birds of St. Martin and St. Eustatius. The Auk 47: 44-47.
    • Geelhoed, S.C.V., Verdaat, J.P. 2012. Cruise report seabird and cetacean survey Saba Bank expedition october 2011. 13. IMARES Wageningen UR.
    • Hoogerwerf, A. 1977. Notes on the birds of St. Martin, Saba and St. Eustatius. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 54: 60-123.
    • Raffaele, H., Wiley, J., Garrido, O., Keith, A. & Raffaele, J. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. 511 pp. Christopher Helm, London.
    • Rojer, A. 1997. Biological Inventory of Saba. 87 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
    • Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
    • Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
    • Voous, K.H. 1955. De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen (Birds of the Netherlands Antilles). 205pp. Werkgroup Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao.
    • Voous, K.H. 1955. The birds of St. Martin, Saba and St. Eustatius. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 6: 1-82.
    • Voous, K.H., Koelers, H.J. 1967. Check-list of the birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Ardea 55: 115-137.
    • Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife.
    • Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife.