Galapagos Species Database
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Zenaida auriculata
Tórtola Orejuda, Paloma sabanera, Eared Dove
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Zenaida
Species
auriculata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: One was observed at Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz, on 13 September 1983, by P. Delacretaz (Harris, personal communication). Other records include one bird on 29 January 1984 at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz (archives of CDRS)
- Curry, R.L. Stoleson, S.H. (1988) New bird records from the Galapagos associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Condor 90(2): 505-507.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Zenaida auriculata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5197. Accessed 31 October 2026.