Birds Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas
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General Description: White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) are sexually monomorphic doves of the southern Nevada deserts. White-wings are about the size (actually a tad larger) and shape of a Mourning Dove, but with a large white wing patch that shows in flight. At rest, the wing patch appears to be a white bar on the leading edge of the folded wing. White-wing Doves have a square tail with a broad white band across the tip that shows when the bird is in flight. Taxonomy: Columbiformes, Columbidae. Favored Habitat: Deserts, riparian areas, and towns in the Sonoran Desert and points south. In recent years, venturing into the Mojave Desert. |
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Where to Find: White-winged Doves are most common south and east of Las Vegas; look for them in Arizona and along the lower Colorado River south of Nevada. Historically, White-wings rarely showed up in Las Vegas, but now they are quite common, at least during summer, with confirmed breeding in Boulder City in 2014. Comments: |
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If you were a tasty big seed or perhaps a juicy saguaro fruit, this might be the last face you ever see! |
 At rest, central tail feathers that cover the banded tail feathers |
 At rest, the banded tail feathers are visible from below |
 At rest, central tail feathers cover the white tail corners |
 White-winged Dove |
 White-winged Dove with white wing-bars |
 White-winged Dove: note the large, white wing bar |
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 Juvenile White-winged Dove |
 Juvenile White-winged Dove |
 White-winged Dove mating (sequence 1) |
 White-winged Dove mating (sequence 2) |
 White-winged Doves mating (sequence 3) |
 White-winged Dove on a nest in a saguaro cactus |
Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
; Last updated 240113
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