Eared Dove

Zenaida auriculata

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Zenaida
eBird Code
eardov1

Subspecies (11)

  • Zenaida auriculata antioquiae

    north-central Andes of Colombia (Antioquia)

  • Zenaida auriculata auriculata

    central Chile (Atacama to Llanquihue) and west-central Argentina

  • Zenaida auriculata caucae

    western Colombia (Cauca Valley)

  • Zenaida auriculata chrysauchenia

    Bolivia to central Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego

  • Zenaida auriculata hypoleuca

    arid littoral of western Ecuador and western Peru

  • Zenaida auriculata jessieae

    south bank of the lower Amazon River near Santarém

  • Zenaida auriculata marajoensis

    Marajó and Mexiana islands in estuary of the Amazon River

  • Zenaida auriculata noronha

    northeastern Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, and Bahia); Fernando de Noronha Island

  • Zenaida auriculata pentheria

    eastern Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela (Mérida)

  • Zenaida auriculata stenura

    Lesser Antilles, central Colombia to Venezuela and Trinidad, and northern Brazil

  • Zenaida auriculata vinaceorufa

    Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.