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Article: Status of White-winged Dove nesting colonies in Tamaulipas, Mexico.(Report)
- Article from:
- The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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The eastern White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica asiatica) is a migratory species that historically nested in large, rural colonies during May to August in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico (Cottam and Trefethen 1968). Colonies generally were in continuous nesting habitat varying in size from 5 ha to 1000s of hectares with nest densities ranging from 0 to 10 nests/ha outside of colonies to >500-1,000 nests/ha within colonies (Cottam and Trefethen 1968). The historic breeding range of the eastern White-winged Dove extended from southern Texas to southern Tamaulipas, Mexico with the most productive nesting areas in the Tamaulipan thorn-scrub and semi-deciduous forests ...
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