Flocks of these doves, with large white wing patches, and short square-ended tails, are a common sight in summer in many areas near the Mexican border. Polytypic. Length 11". A little larger than ...

Psst—learn how to identify the white-winged dove and Eurasian collared-dove. “Most interesting, the oldest recorded mourning dove was shot in Florida in 1998, but banded in Georgia in 1968.