Nesting Home Range and Movements of an Urban White-winged Dove Population

• Published in: The Wilson journal of ornithology Vol. 119; no. 3; pp. 467 - 471
• Main Authors: Small, Michael F., Taylor, Emariana S., Baccus, John T., Schaefer, Cynthia L., Simpson, Thomas R., Roberson, Jay A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fort Collins Wilson Ornithological Society 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Behavior; Bird nesting; Bird populations; Birds; Breeding; Company distribution practices; Distribution; Doves; Female animals; Females; Gender; Habitat (Ecology); Habitats; Male animals; Males; Nest building; Population; Population ecology; Sample size; Short Communications; Urban areas; Urban ecology; Urban populations; White-winged dove; Wildlife ecology; Zenaida asiatica; United States
• ISSN: 1559-4491; 1938-5447
• DOI: 10.1676/05-132.1

We monitored nesting home ranges of White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) in Waco, Texas using field-implanted, subcutaneous radio transmitters. Mean nesting home-range size differed by gender (75.7 km2 for females, 31.9 km2 for males, P = 0.17). Mean nesting home-range for all individuals of known gender differed by year (75.6 km2 for 2002, 32.0 km2 for 2003, P < 0.001). Within-year mean nesting home ranges for individuals differed by gender for 2002 but did not for 2003. We received reports of 35 band recoveries (2.3% of those banded) through March 2004. Distance moved did not differ by year, gender for adults, or for gender by age. Distances of recoveries from banding sites ranged from 0 to 477.4 km.