Know Your Doves

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• Legal Game Birds
• Unprotected Species
• Protected, NOT Hunted

Legal Game Birds

Mourning Dove

Mourning dove

• Brown with black spots on wing
• Long, pointed tail
  
• All of Texas
  

White-winged Dove

White-winged dove

• White bar on wing
  
• Large, rounded tail
  
• South Texas, increasing statewide
  

White-tipped Dove (White-fronted)

White-tipped Dove

• Large, rounded tail
  
• Rust-colored wing linings
  
• South Texas
  

Unprotected Species

Eurasian Collared Dove

Eurasian Collared Dove

• Narrow black collar on nape of neck
  
• White, squared tail underside
  
• Pale gray body, black bill, red irises
  

Rock Dove (Rock Pigeon)

Rock Dove

• Large plump body, small head
• Gray, brown or white
• Common in cities and ranches
  
  

Protected, Not Hunted

Band-tailed Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

• Yellow bill
  
• White band on neck
  
• Wooded mountain areas
  

Inca Dove

Inca Dove

• Scaly looking
  
• Small, brown body
  
• Urban and suburban areas, woodland edges, savannahs, thickets
  

Common Ground Dove

Common Ground Dove

• Sandy brown color
• Dark spots on wings
• Short, round tail
• Small body, short thin bill