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Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes . These are stout-bodied birds with small heads, relatively short necks and slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres .
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves.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 mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae.The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, the chueybird, colloquially as the turtle dove, and it was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. [2]
The Columbidae are a large family of birds including the doves and the pigeons, in the order Columbiformes. Subcategories. This category has the following 31 ...
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.
The genus Ptilinopus was introduced in 1825 by the English naturalist William Swainson with the rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words πτίλον ptilon meaning "down feather" with πούς pous meaning "foot".
This page is a list of the genera of pigeons and doves (the family Columbidae), which are a clade of bird species of cosmopolitan distribution. The group has 310 living species. [1] [2] [3] Extinct species assignment follows the Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [4] and Paleofile.com websites. [5]
Columbina is a genus of small doves in the family Columbidae that live in the New World. They range from the southern United States through Central America and much of South America. Columbina doves are normally found in pairs or small flocks and generally occur in open country. They have maroon irides and pinkish legs. In flight, some species ...