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Distribution

Mourning doves occur in Northern and Central America (Mirarachi 1994). These birds breed from British Columbia, Manitoba, Southern Ontario and Nova Scotia south to Florida, Mexico, the Bahamas, Cuba, the Isle of Pines and Hispaniola. They breed from the Southern U.S. into Central Canada. Mourning doves winter throughout most of breeding range except central Canada and North Central United States. Their summer range is in more northern parts of its breeding range (Mirarachi 1994).

 Habitat

Mourning doves have adapted well to human agricultural practices (Hoyo 1997). They inhabit open woodland, cultivated country with some trees or bushes, arid areas, semi desert and desert areas within reach of water. The mourning dove is able to thrive in almost all land habitats, including seashores, prairies, plains, deserts (though not entirely waterless ones since the bird must drink once a day), savannas, brushlands, wooded country, mountains, mesas, canyons, gulches, gullies, watercourses (Oberholser 1974). Almost any annual rainfall or altitude suits this amazingly versatile creature. In addition to wildlands, it lives about ranches, farms, towns and cities (Oberholser 1974). They do not like high mountains or heavy unbroken forest (Oberholser 1974). Mourning doves usually increase where man destroys the original vegetation and replaces it with cultivation, secondary growth or pasture. The mourning dove is the only native Texas bird with written occurrence records in every one of the 254 counties (Oberholser 1974). 

Summer Distribution Map (Sauer et al. 2001)

Winter Distribution Map (Sauer et al. 2001)