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Genus: Columba

[edit] Description

[edit] Taxonomy

Columba is a genus in the Family Columbidae.

Several species previously belonging to Columba were recently placed in genus Patagioenas instead. The following species are affected: White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala; Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa; Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa; Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro; Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis; Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa; Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata; Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana; Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea; Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis; Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris; Peruvian Pigeon Patagioenas oenops; Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata; Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea; Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris; Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea, and Dusky Pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni.

[edit] Reference

Banks, Richard C., Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., James D. Rising and Douglas F. Stotz. 2003. Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists Union Check-list of North American birds. The Auk 120 (3): 923-931.

Genus Columba view • edit
C. livia	Rock Pigeon
C. rupestris	Hill Pigeon
C. leuconota	Snow Pigeon
C. guinea	Speckled Pigeon
C. albitorques	White-collared Pigeon
C. oenas	Stock Dove
C. eversmanni	Pale-backed Pigeon
C. oliviae	Somali Pigeon
C. palumbus	Common Wood-Pigeon
C. trocaz	Trocaz Pigeon
C. bollii	Bolle's Pigeon
C. unicincta	Afep Pigeon
C. junoniae	Laurel Pigeon
C. arquatrix	African Olive Pigeon
C. sjostedti	Cameroon Olive Pigeon
C. thomensis	Sao Tome Olive Pigeon
C. delegorguei	Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
C. iriditorques	Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
C. malherbii	Sao Tome Bronze-naped Pigeon
C. larvata	Lemon Dove
C. pollenii	Comoro Olive Pigeon
C. hodgsonii	Speckled Wood-Pigeon
C. albinucha	White-naped Pigeon
C. pulchricollis	Ashy Wood-Pigeon
C. elphinstonii	Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
C. torringtoni	Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon
C. punicea	Pale-capped Pigeon
C. argentina	Silvery Wood-Pigeon
C. palumboides	Andaman Wood-Pigeon
C. janthina	Japanese Wood-Pigeon
C. jouyi	Ryukyu Pigeon
C. versicolor	Bonin Wood-Pigeon
C. vitiensis	Metallic Pigeon
C. leucomela	White-headed Pigeon
C. pallidiceps	Yellow-legged Pigeon