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White-winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica

A winter visitor to Alabama, found in 4 of 67 counties and 11 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
4 of 67 counties
Habitats
11

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
4 of 67 counties
Habitats
11
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 11

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 11

Coastal Plain hammocks

In the Jungle, Florida
SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904), a neighboring state.In the Jungle, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Blue Spring, Florida
WinterSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianWinslow Homer, Blue Spring, Florida (1890): clear blue spring water under overhanging palms. Shown: Blue Spring, Florida (Winslow Homer, 1890; National Gallery of Art), a neighboring state.Blue Spring, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha
WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Shown: Ocklawaha River, Florida, a neighboring state.Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerWinterSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

WinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest; Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

WinterSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerWinterDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (56)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama. Those recorded in Alabama first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (32)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Shrubland Winter.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer and winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer.
  • South Florida Mangrove Swamp Summer.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
Midwest (1)
  • Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
Land cover and other classes (23)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 4 of 67 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 136

Plant genera in its diet records (55)
  • Urochloa 90 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Sorghum Seeds. 89 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Croton 80 diet records. 10 native plants in Alabama
  • Helianthus Seeds. 69 diet records. 23 native plants in Alabama
  • Zea Seeds. 52 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Rivina 26 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Cucumis 18 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Carnegiea Flowers and seeds. 17 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Argemone 14 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Celtis 14 diet records. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Fouquieria 14 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Zanthoxylum 14 diet records. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Hordeum Seeds. 12 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Jatropha 10 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Nicotiana 10 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Quercus 10 diet records. 46 native plants in Alabama
  • Lycium 8 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Condalia 7 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Malva 7 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Chilopsis 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Dodonaea 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Rapistrum 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Rhamnus 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Vitis 6 diet records. 10 native plants in Alabama
  • Amyris 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Bursera 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Carthamus Seeds. 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Citrus 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Cnidoscolus 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Kallstroemia 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Larrea 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Sebastiania 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Senegalia 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Sideroxylon 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Triticum 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Vachellia 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Acmispon 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Agave 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Amaranthus 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Bignonia 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Capparis 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Cenchrus 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Alabama
  • Commelina 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Mirabilis 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Morus 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Parkinsonia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Populus 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Prosopis 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Rhynchosia 2 diet records. 5 native plants in Alabama
  • Sesbania 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Simmondsia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Solanum 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Alabama
  • Stenocereus 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Ziziphus 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Phalaris Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Alabama, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 103

Plants 1485

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Alabama

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 65

Plants 224

All of dry forests and woodlands in Alabama

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 88

Plants 418

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Alabama

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources