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DOVEs and PIGEONs
The Columbiformes order contains just one family, the Columbidae which is comprised of dove and pigeon species. They have small heads,short legs, and four unwebbed toes. All Columbiformes are monogamous. Unlike most other birds they are capable of drinking by sucking up water, without needing to tilt the head back.
Old World
Order Columbiformes Family Columbidae
Genus Alectroenas
The Blue-Pigeons occur widely the islands of the western Indian Ocean, in and near Madagascar. Compared to other pigeons, they are medium to large sized. They appear to be closest related to the
Fruit Doves.
Pigeon,_Comoro Blue- Alectroenas sganzini Found: Comoros Island and other islands in the Indian Ocean
Image by:
1)
John Gerrard Keulemans 2)
Marcel 3)
Pinned


Pigeon,_Madagascar Blue- Alectroenas madagascariensis Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
Niel Strickland 2)
Jerry_Oldenettel

Pigeon,_Seychelles Blue- Alectroenas pulcherrimus Found: Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean
Image by: 1)
Island_Conservation 2)
Adrian Scottow 3, 4)
vbecker



Genus Columba
Columba comprises a group of medium to large stout-bodied pigeons, often referred to as the typical pigeons. The terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used indiscriminately for smaller and larger Columbidae, respectively. Columba species are generally termed "pigeons", and in many cases wood-pigeons. Predominately found in Old World.
Dove,_Lemon also
Cinnamon Dove Columba larvata also
Aplopelia larvata Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2) DIck Daniels -
Birds of Eden, South Africa
3, 4) Authur Chapman - Birds of Eden



Dove,_Rock also
Rock Pigeon also
Feral Pigeon Columba livia Found:
almost everywhere
Image by:
1, 4, 5, 6,7, 8) Dick Daniels 2)
Dick - North Carolina 2) Video by
Avibirds.
More vidoes
1) This rock dove was Image on the cliffs of John O'Groats Scotland.
The cliff residents, now scarce, are the ancestors of all domestic/feral pidgeons. 2) Feral Pigeon similar to wild rock dove.


The following subspecies are: Checkered, Pied


dark, white, white-breasted
4) Madagascar



Dove,_Stock Columba oenas Found: Europe, Asia
Image by:
1, 3) Jim Gifford 2)
Chris Cant - Cumbria, UK 4)
Mark_Kilner



Pigeon,_Afep Columba unicincta Found equatorial Africa
Image by:
1)
Tom Tarrant 2)
Nik_Borrow - gabon

Pigeon,_Andaman_Wood- Columba palumboides Found: India
Image by:
1)
Albinjacob 2)
Balaji Venkatesh Sivaramakrish

Pigeon,_Ashy Wood- Columba pulchricollis Found: Asia
Image by:
1)
Henrik Gronvold 2)
PeiWen Chang 3)
Hiyashi Haka


Pigeon,_Bolle's Columba bollii Found: Canary Islands
Image by: 1)
Spot1972 2)
Manuel Lopez

Pigeon,_Cameroon also
Cameroon Olive-Pigeon Columba sjostedti Found: Africa
Image by:
1
) Nik_Borrow - Cameroon
Pigeon,_Common Wood also
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Image by: 1)
Dick - Scotland
2, 3) Dick Daniels - England 4)
Algirdas
1) Juvenile



Pigeon,_Comoros Olive- also
Comoro Pigeon Columba pollenii Found: Indian Ocean islands of southeast Africa
Image by: 1)
Pinned 2)
Paul van Giersbergen

Pigeon,_Eastern Bronze-naped also
Delegorgue's Pigeon Columba delegorguei Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
John Gerrard Keulemans 2)
Alan Manson
1) Left - female; right - male

Pigeon,_Hill also
Eastern Rock Dove Columba rupestris Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
As Kannan - India 2)
Sergey Pisarevskiy - South Siberia 3)
Imran_Shah - Pakistan


Pigeon,_Japanese_Wood- Columba janthina Found: south Asia
Image by: 1))
james_Eaton - Japan 2)
Christophe_Bagonneau

Pigeon,_Laurel Columba junoniae Found: Canary Islands
Image by: 1)
Dr Philipp Lehmann 2)
Salvatore Chamu

Pigeon,_Metallic Columba vitiensis Found: Philippines, New Guinea and surrounding southwest islands
Image by: 1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2, 3) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo


Pigeon,_Nilgiri Wood- Columba elphinstonii Found: India
Image by: 1)
Michael and Helen Cox 2)
Navaneeth Kishor 3)
Gautam_Krishnan


Pigeon,_Pale-capped Columba punicea Found: Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia
Image by: 1)
Henrik Gronvold 2)
Jainy_Kuriakose - India 3)
Sudhir_Garg - India


Pigeon,_Rameron also
African Olive-Pigeon Columba arquatrix Found:
Africa
Image by: 1)
Matthew Hine 2, 4)
Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 3)
Sandy
Cole - San Diego Zoo



Pigeon,_São Tomé Bronze-naped also
Island Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba malherbii
Found: Equatorial Guinea and west coast islands of Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Nik Borrow - Sao Tome
1) Pair 2) Male

Pigeon,_São Tomé Olive- also
Maroon Pigeon Columba thomensis Found: islands of São Tomé and Príncipe
Image by:
1, 2) Nik_Borrow 3)
naturgucker.de
1, 2) Female 3) Male


Pigeon,_Silvery also
Silvery Wood-Pigeon Columba argentina Found: Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1)
John Gerrard Keulemans 2)
James_Eaton

Pigeon,_Snow Columba leuconota Found: rocky hills of Asia
Image by:
1)
Francesco Veronesi - Bhutan 2)
Ron Knight - India 3)
Dibyendu_Ash


Pigeon,_Somali Columba oliviae Found: Somalia
Image by: 1)
Nik_Borrow
Pigeon,_Speckled also
African Rock Dove Columba guinea Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 3) Kjeuring - Table Mountain Cape Town
2, 4, 5) Dick Daniels -
Cape Town, South Africa 6)
Cristiano Crolle - Cape Town, South Africa.





Pigeon,_Speckled_Wood- Columba hodgsonii Found: northeast parts of Indian subcontinent; Himalayas
Image by:
1)
Nick_Athanas - China
2)
Dave_Curtis - Thailand 3)
Dibyendu_Ash


Pigeon,_Sri Lanka Wood- Columba torringtoniae Found: Sri Lanka
Image by: 1)
Raveen_and_Varuni 2)
Danushka Senadheera

Pigeon,_Trocaz Columba trocaz Found: Madeira
Image by: 1)
John Gerraard Keulemans 2)
Joaquim Cavaco

Pigeon,_Western Bronze-naped also
Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Nik_Borrow - Liberia
Pigeon,_White-collared Columba albitorques Found: highlands in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Image by: 1)
Alastair Rae - Ethiopia 2)
Nik_Borrow - Ethiopia 3)
Stephen_Smith - Ethiopia 4)
Lip_kee



Pigeon,_White-headed Columba leucomela Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
russellstreet 2)
Julie C - Australia 3)
Lance 4)
Tom_Tarrant



Pigeon,_White-naped
Columba albinucha Found: Cameroon, DR Congo, Uganda
Image by:
1)
nternet Archive Book Images 2)
Doug Kelson - Uganda

Pigeon,_Yellow-eyed also
Pale-backed Pigeon Columba eversmanni Found: Asia
Image by:
1)
Shreeram - India 2)
Sumeet Moghe 3)
Ron Knight


Pigeon,_Yellow-legged Columba pallidiceps Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
Pinned

Genus Nesoenas
The Pink Pigeon and Madagascar Turtle-Dove and appear to be closely related. They seem to have split from their relatives in
Columba and
Streptopelia about 10 million years ago. Some thus place them in their on genus -
Nesoenas. Other place them in
Columba or
Streptopelia.
Dove,_Madagascar Turtle- also
Malagasy Turtle-Dove Nesoenas picturata Found: Madagascar and nearby islands
Image by: 1)
Marion Schneider and Christoph Aistleitner - Seychelles 2)
Roland ZH
3, 4) Dick Daniels - Parc Tsarasaotra (open bird sanctury in Antananrivo)



Pigeon,_Pink Nesoenas mayeri Found: Mauritius
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo


Genus Oena - 1 species
Dove,_Namaqua Oena capensis Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Madagascar 4)
Ruby 1x2 5)
Charles_J_Sharp - South Africa
1) Female 2, 3, 4, 5) Male




Genus Streptopelia
These are mainly slim, small to medium-sized species. The upperparts tend to be pale brown, and the underparts are often a shade of pink. Many have a characteristic black-and-white patch on the neck, and
monotonous cooing songs.
Dove,_Adamawa Turtle- Streptopelia hypopyrrha Found: Africa
Image by:
1)
Nigel Voaden - Cameroon 2)
Thom Haslam - Gabia 3)
Nik_Borrow - Senegal


Dove,_African_Collared- Streptopelia roseogrisea Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 3) Ron Knight 2)
Arthur Chapman


Dove,_European Turtle- also
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Found: Europe, Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Miguel Gonzlez Novo 3)
Nik_Borrow - England 4)
Skolan



Dove,_Island Collared- Streptopelia bitorquata Found: Indonesia
Image by:
1)
Ramon FVelasquez 2)
Oleg Chernyshov

Dove,_Mourning Collared- also
African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens Found:
Africa
Image by: 1)
Christophe Eyquem - Samburu, Kenya 2)
Lip Kee Yap - Dove,_African_Mourning
3)
Carol Foil - Lake Nakuru National Park


Dove,_Barbary also
Ringneck Dove also
Ringed Turtle-Dove Streptopelia risoria Found: Domesticated
Image by: 1)
Sandy Cole -
World of Birds, Africa 2)
Dick Daniels - Puerto Rico 3)
Dick - San Diego 4)
Bruno_Chaves_Animais



Dove,_Dusky_Turtle- Streptopelia lugens Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2)
Tom Tarrant - Uganda 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Tanzania
1) Bare area around eye is not realistic.


Dove,_Eurasian Collared- Streptopelia decaocto Found: North America, Europe, Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Anemone Projectors - England 3)
Frank Vassen - Canary Islands 4)
Ted Grussing 5)
Dick Daniels - England 6)
Dick - Arizona
7)
Dick - New Hampshire





Dove,_Laughing Streptopelia senegalensis Found:
Africa, Australia, India
Image by: 1)
Sandeep Thoppil - Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana 2)
J
M Garg 3)
Frank Vassen 4)
Arthur
Chapman
5)
Dick Daniels - Tanzania
6, 7) Dick - South Africa 8)
Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo







Dove,_Oriental_Turtle- also
Rufous Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Daigial 2)
Kenpel 3, 4) Dick Daniels - Nepal 5)
Greg_Peterson 6)
Allan_Hopkins





Dove,_Philippine_Collared- Streptopelia dusumieri Found: Philippines
Image by: 1)
Wouter_Thijs 2)
Peter

Dove,_Red-eyed Streptopelia semitorquata Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Dick Daniels - Cape Town, South Africa 3)
Dick - Masai Mara Garme Reserve, Kenya 4)
Derek_Keats - South Africa



Dove,_Red_Collared- also
Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
J M Garg - India 2)
Vijay_Ismavel - India 3)
Lip_kee - Singapore 4)
Imran_Shah - Pakistan



Dove,_Ring-necked also
Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Arno Meintjes 2)
Erik A Drablos - Masai Mara,
Kenya
3, 4) Dick Daniels- Johannesburg, South Africa



Dove,_Spotted also
Spotted Turtle Dove Streptopelia chinensis Introduced: North America, Australia, Hawaii Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Kauai, Hawaii 4
) Dick - Nepal 5)
Steve Garvie - Sri Lanka




Dove,_Vinaceous Streptopelia vinacea Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Thomas Brown - Africa 2)
Charles_J_Sharp - Senegal 3)
David Cook - Uganda


Dove,_White-winged_Collared- Streptopelia reichenowi Found: Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia
Image by:
1, 2) Nik Borrow - Ethiopia

Genus Treron
Green pigeons are distributed across Asia and Africa. Their green coloration comes from a carotenoid pigment in their diet. They eat fruit, nuts, and/or seeds.
Pigeon,_African Green- Treron calvus Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Arno Meintjes 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Kruger National Park, South Africa
4)
Johann du Preez - Kruger National Park



Pigeon,_Andaman_Green- Treron chloropterus Found: the Andamans and Nicobars
Image by: 1)
Lakpa Tenzing Sherpa - Andaman Islands, India
1) Male
Pigeon,_Ashy-headed_Green- Treron phayrei Found: northeast India and Nepal, east to Yunnan in China, and south through Indochina
Image by: 1)
Lip Kee - Nepal 2)
Saniya_Chaplod
1) Pair 2) Male

Pigeon,_Bruce's_Green- Treron waalia Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Trisha
Shears - Cincinnati Zoo 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Gambia


Pigeon,_Buru_Green- Treron aromaticus Found:
small islands in the Flores Sea and Buru, Indonesia
Image by: 1)
James Eaton - Buru, Maluku, Indonesia
Pigeon,_Cinnamon-headed Green- Treron fulvicollis Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1)
Henrik Grovold 2)
Wokoti
1) Female: left; Male: right 2) Male

Pigeon,_Flores_Green- Treron floris Found: Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia
Image by:
1, 2) James Eaton

Pigeon,_Gray-cheeked_Green- Treron griseicauda Found: Indonesia
Image by: 1)
Lip Kee - Sulawesi 2)
Sheau_Torng_Lim

Pigeon,_Gray-fronted_Green- Treron affinis Found: Western Ghats in India
Image by: 1)
dhruvara 2)
Vivekpuliyeri 3)
Pkspks
2) Female 3) Male


Pigeon,_Large_Green- Treron capellei Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1)
Henrik Gronvold 2)
Lim Kim Chye - Malaysia

Pigeon,_Little_Green- Treron olax Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Lip Kee Yap 2) Wong Tsu Shi - Borneo

Pigeon,_Madagascar Green- Treron australis Found: Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte
Image by: 1)
Frank Vassen 2))
Jerry_Oldenettel

Pigeon,_Orange-breasted_Green- Treron bicinctus Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1)
Thimindu Goonatillake 2)
Pkspks 3)
David Cook - Sri Lanka 4)
Thimindu Goonatillake



Pigeon,_Pemba Green- Treron pembaensis Found: Tanzania
Image by:
1)
Per_Holmen
Pigeon,_Philippine_Green- Treron axillarisFound: Philippines
Image by: 1)
Roberto_Verzo 2)
PD_Round 3)
Lorenzo Vinciguerra
2) Female 3) Male


Pigeon,_Pink-necked_Green- Treron vernans Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Jason_Thompson Darren Bellerby - Jurong Bird Park, Singapore 2)
Lip
Kee Yap 3)
Johnny
Wee
1) Pair


Pigeon,_Pin-tailed Green- Treron apicauda Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1)
Henrik Gronvold 2)
Francesco Veronesi 3)
Dibyendu_Ash


Pigeon,_Pompadour Green- Treron pompadora Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Saniya_Chaplod - Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon 2)
dhruvaraj - Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon 3)
Dave Irving - Philippine Green-Pigeon 4)
Thimindu - Kaudulla National Park, Sri Lanka 5)
Steve Garvie -Sri Lanka 6)
Jerry Oldenettel - Sri Lanka




Pigeon,_Sao_Tome_Green- Treron sanctithomae Found: São Tomé and Príncipe (off west equatorial Africa)
Image by:
1)
Muchaxo 2)
Nik_Borrow

Pigeon,_Sri_Lanaka_Green- Treron pompadora Found: Sri Lanka
Image by: 1)
Thimindu - Kaudulla National Park, Sri Lanka 2)
Steve Garvie -Sri Lanka 3)
Jerry Oldenettel - Sri Lanka


Pigeon,_Sumatran_Green- also
Green-spectacled_Pigeon Treron oxyurus Found: Java and Sumatra of Indonesia
Image by: 1)
Andrew Crichton 2)
James_Eaton

Pigeon,_Sumba Green- Treron teysmannii Found: Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia
Image by:
1)
Ron Knight
Pigeon,_Thick-billed Green- Treron curvirostra Found: Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Image by: 1)
Johnny Wee 2)
Vijay Ismavel 3)
Charles Lam - Hong Kong


Pigeon,_Timor_Green- Treron psittaceus Found: Indonesia, East Timor
Image by:
1, 2) James_Eaton

Pigeon,_Wedge-tailed Green- also
Wedge-tailed Pigeon Treron sphenurus Found: Asia, Malaysia
Image by:
1, 2) Ron Knight 3)
Koshy_Koshy - India


Pigeon,_Whistling Green- also
Formosan Green-Pigeon Treron formosae Found: Japan, Philippines, Taiwan
Image by:
1)
John Gerrard Keulemans 2, 3) Hiyashi Haka


Pigeon,_White-bellied Green- also
White-bellied Pigeon Treron sieboldiiFound: Asia
Image by:
1)
Lin_Sun_Fong 2)
Charles Lam - Taiwan 3)
Kaz Kuro


Pigeon,_Yellow-footed Green- Treron phoenicoptera Found: South Asia
Image by:
1, 2)
J M Garg - Sultanpur National Park, India 3)
Vijay_Ismavel - Delhi


Pigeon,_Yellow-vented_Green- Treron seimundi Found: Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
Image by: 1)
Yaitz331
Genus Turtur
Found: Africa
Dove,_Black-billed Wood- Turtur abyssinicus Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Tom Tarrant - Uganda 2)
Francesco_Veronesi - Gambia 3)
Thomas Brown - Gambia 4)
Frans_Vandewalle



Dove,_Blue-headed_Wood- Turtur brehmeri Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Bart Wurstenn - D Congo 2)
Christoph Lorse 3)
Stavenn 4)
Francesco_Veronesi



Dove,_Blue-spotted Wood- Turtur afer Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Joseph Mochoge - Kenya 2)
Thomas Brown - Gambia 3)
Allan Hopkins - Gambia


Dove,_Emerald-spotted Wood- Turtur chalcospilos Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Arno Meintjes 2)
Carol Foil - Kenya 3)
Jerry
Oldenettle - Botswana
4) Charlie Westerinen - Botswana
5, 6) Dick Daniels - Nairobi National Park, Kenya





Dove,_Tambourine Turtur tympanistria Found: Africa (south of Sahara)
Image by: 1)
Dave Curtis - Kenya 2)
Joseph Mochoge - Eburu Kenya 3)
Alan Manson - South Africa
1) Female 2, 3) Male

