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The Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a bird found in United States and Canada. Fields, backyards and open woods across North America. It eats seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Mourning dove lives

Fields, backyards and open woods across North America.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌰 Seeds & nuts90%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Mourning dove

Recorded by Thomas Ryder Payne (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC636552. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Mourning dove

Where does the Mourning dove live?

The Mourning dove lives in United States and Canada. Fields, backyards and open woods across North America.

What does the Mourning dove eat?

seeds and nuts (about 90%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Mourning dove endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from North America

• Eastern kingbird
• Red-crowned woodpecker
• American redstart
• Indigo bunting
• Northern shoveler
• Hen harrier

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.