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Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. ... doves were prominent animal symbols of Inanna-Ishtar, the goddess of love, sexuality, and war.
J. E. Millais: The Return of the Dove to the Ark (1851). According to the biblical story (Genesis 8:11), a dove was released by Noah after the Flood in order to find land; it came back carrying a freshly plucked olive leaf (Hebrew: עלה זית alay zayit), [7] a sign of life after the Flood and of God's bringing Noah, his family and the animals to land.
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 terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used indiscriminately for smaller and larger Columbidae, respectively. 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 Zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, [2] which includes doves and pigeons. It is the national bird of Anguilla , where it is locally referred to as " turtle dove".
This group is uncharacteristically not sexually dimorphic, meaning males and females look alike. The orange dove, golden dove , and whistling dove , all endemic to Fiji and sometimes placed in their own genus Chrysoena , have in common their small size, compact shape, yellow or orange colouration in the males, and hair-like body feathers.
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.
Domestic pigeons, especially the leucistic and albinistic specimens commonly referred to as "white doves", have had a long history in symbolism. Charles Darwin was famously requested to write a book on pigeons during the process of writing his book, On the Origin of Species.