Lucien Bonaparte
The mourning dove is now placed in the genus "Zenaida", introduced in 1838 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The genus name commemorates Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, wife of the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte and niece of Napoleon Bonaparte. The specific epithet is from the Ancient Greek "makros" meaning "long" and "-ouros" meaning "-tailed".