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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. They feed largely on plant matter, feeding on seeds , fruit , and foliage .
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 subcategories, out of 31 total.
Common wood pigeon perched on a fence. Photograph taken in Cambridge, England. The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known as simply wood pigeon, is a large species in the dove and pigeon family (), native to the western Palearctic.
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.
Columbinae is a subfamily of birds from the family Columbidae. Otherwise, four genera Geotrygon, Leptotila, Starnoenas and Zenaida form subfamily Leptotilinae.
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 order Columbiformes includes two families of birds: the Raphidae, to which the extinct Dodo and Rodrigues Solitaires belonged, and the Columbidae, which includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons.
Croaking ground dove Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae Genus: Columbina Species: C. cruziana Binomial name Columbina cruziana (Prévost, 1842) Synonyms Eupelia cruziana Columbigallina cruziana The croaking ground dove (Columbina cruziana) is a species of ...