Utah Bird Profile
 White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica

Name Roots: (Zenaida for Bonaparte's wife - of Asia)

In Utah:   
Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:
Nests in a deciduous tree at a height of 4-25 feet, in a saucer nest. This species is not a cowbird host. This species is a granivore: ground gleaner.
  
Habitat: Breeds in Utah in lowland riparian and low desert scrub habitats.
  

by Lu Giddings

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