Mourning Dove Bird, Clarke County GA USA Stock Image

Mourning Dove in the grass. July in Athens, Georgia, Clarke County, USA. The mourning dove Zenaida macroura is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove, and erroneously as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove.[2] It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds.