Socorro Dove
Zenaida graysoni(Lawrence, GN, 1871)
English (US) Socorro Dove
The Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: formerly Socorro Island (off western Mexico); extinct in the wild since 1950s but a small captive population existsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zenaida graysoni
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct in the Wild
- English (US)
- Socorro Dove
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zenaidura graysoni
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1871)
- Type locality
- Socorro Island.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 10(1874) p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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