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Taxon: Family Columbidae Illiger, 1811 - doves, pigeons (bird)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Illiger, 1811, nom. corr.
Original name:  Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 243.
Original rank:  loc. cit.
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2]

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Columbae (Suborder) Latham, 1790
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Columbinae (Subfamily) Illiger, 1811 Ref: E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003: 157. [implicit]

Variants

Different rank: Columbinae (Subfamily) Illiger, 1811

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Raphidae (Family) Wetmore, 1930 Ref: PBDB: 11 Apr 2018.
Including: Didunculinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1848
Including: Duculinae (Subfamily)
Including: Gourinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1840
Including: Ptilinopinae (Subfamily) Selby
Including: Treroninae (Subfamily)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: duiven

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: doves, pigeons Ref: E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003: 157.
: pigeons, doves
: doves
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