Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Ordo: Columbiformes
Familia: Columbidae
Subfamilia: Columbinae
Genus: Zenaida
Species: Zenaida meloda
Name
Zenaida meloda (Tschudi, 1843)
Synonyms
Columba meloda (protonym)
References
Tschudi, J. J. von 1843. Diagnosen einiger neuer Peruanischer Vögel. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9: 385-390. Nicholai'schen Buchhandlung. Berlin. BHL Reference page. Original description p. 385 BHL
Vernacular names
čeština: Hrdlička pacifická
Deutsch: Perutaube
English: West Peruvian Dove
español: Zenaida Peruana
français: Tourterelle côtière
The West Peruvian dove or Pacific dove (Zenaida meloda) was first described in 1843 by the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob Baron von Tschudi. It is closely related to the North American white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica), but is now considered a separate species by ornithologists due to genetic and behavioral differences.[2] Specimens are brownish-gray above and gray below, with a bold white wing patch that appears as a brilliant white crescent in flight and is also visible at rest. Adults have a bright blue (almost indigo), featherless patch of skin around each eye. The legs and feet of adults are red, but unlike Z. asiatica, their eyes are brown. Both sexes are similar, but juveniles have a lighter color than adults, they do not have blue eye rings, and their legs and feet are brownish-pink.
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Cladogram showing the position of the West Peruvian dove in the genus Zenaida.[3]
Major habitats
1.5 Forest – Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6 Forest – Subtropical/Tropical Moist
11.6 Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest.[1]
Range
Its native range extends along the Pacific coastal plains from southern Ecuador to northern Chile. Contrary to unscientific internet sources, the species is not found on San Andrés. This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 187,000 km2. Its global population has not been estimated, but may be large, as the species is described as "common" in at least parts of its range. Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in 10 years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as least concern.[1]
Trivia
This dove's cooing calls have earned it the name cuculí in Peru, from the dove's syncopated cooing, transcribed as coo-coo-LEE.
References
BirdLife International (2016). "Zenaida meloda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22733372A95058517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22733372A95058517.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Johnson, Kevin P. & Clayton, Dale H. (2000). "A Molecular Phylogeny of the Dove Genus Zenaida: Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA sequences" (PDF). Condor. 102 (4): 864–870. doi:10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102[0864:ampotd]2.0.co;2.
Banks, R.C.; Weckstein, J.D.; Remsen Jr, J.V.; Johnson, K.P. (2013). "Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini)". Zootaxa. 3669 (2): 184–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.11. PMID 26312335.
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