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The speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii), also known as Hodgson's pigeon or Jungle pigeon, is a medium-sized pigeon of the bird family Columbidae and genus Columba. It is a monotypic species. It measures 38-40 cm (14.96-15.75 in) in length, with males featuring a pale gray head and females having a grayish-brown head.
Geotrygon is a bird genus in the pigeon and dove family ().Its members are called quail-doves, and all live in the Neotropics.The species of this genus have ranges from southern Mexico and Central America to the West Indies and South America, with 2 species recorded as occasional vagrants reported in Texas and Florida in the United States.
Columba species are mostly termed "pigeons", and in many cases "wood pigeons", but some (including the type species of the genus), are termed "doves". The rock dove ( C. livia ) has given rise to the majority of domesticated pigeon breeds, such as the racing pigeon and the fantail pigeon , some of which have become feral.
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves. They are distributed among 50 genera. They are distributed among 50 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
The rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon (/ ˈ p ɪ dʒ. ə n / also / ˈ p ɪ dʒ. ɪ n /; Columba livia) is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). [3]: 624 In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon", although this is the wild form of the bird; the pigeons most familiar to people are the domesticated form of the wild rock dove.
Maranon pigeon Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae Genus: Patagioenas Species: P. oenops Binomial name Patagioenas oenops (Salvin, 1895) Synonyms Columba oenops Salvin, 1895 The Maranon pigeon, Peruvian pigeon or Salvin's pigeon (Patagioenas oenops) is a ...
The black imperial pigeon (Ducula melanochroa), also known as the Bismarck imperial pigeon, is a species of bird in the pigeon family, Columbidae. First described by English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1878, it is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago , where it mainly inhabits rainforest and cloud forest in mountain areas above 500 m (1,600 ft).
The olive pigeons are four allopatric species of pigeon, named for their association with olive species. [1] They have a maroon tone to the speckled plumage, and inhabit cool, montane forests of Africa and its associated islands.