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Columba
Linnaeus, 1758
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Columbinae (Subfamily) - typical doves
..Caloenas (Genus)
..Chalcophaps (Genus)
..Claravis (Genus)
..Columbina (Genus)
..‡Ectopistes (Genus)
..Gallicolumba (Genus)
..Geopelia (Genus)
..Geophaps (Genus)
..Geotrygon (Genus)
..†Gerandia (Genus)
..Henicophaps (Genus)
..Leptotila (Genus)
..Leucosarcia (Genus)
..Macropygia (Genus)
..Metriopelia (Genus)
..‡Microgoura (Genus)
..Nesoenas (Genus)
..Ocyphaps (Genus)
..Oena (Genus)
..Petrophassa (Genus)
..Phaps (Genus)
..Reinwardtoena (Genus)
..Starnoenas (Genus)
..Streptopelia (Genus)
..Trugon (Genus)
..Turacoena (Genus)
..Turtur (Genus)
..Uropelia (Genus)
..Zenaida (Genus)
..Columba (Genus)
....Columba albinucha (Species) - white-naped pigeon
....Columba albitorques (Species) - white-collared pigeon
....Columba araucana (Species) - Chilean pigeon
....Columba argentina (Species) - silvery wood-pigeon
....Columba arquatrix (Species) - African olive-pigeon
....Columba bollii (Species) - Bolle's pigeon
....Columba caribaea (Species) - ring-tailed pigeon
....Columba cayennensis (Species) - pale-vented pigeon
....Columba corensis (Species) - bare-eyed pigeon
....Columba delegorguei (Species) - eastern bronze-naped pigeon
....Columba elphinstonii (Species) - Nilgiri wood-pigeon
....Columba eversmanni (Species) - pale-backed pigeon
....Columba fasciata (Species) - band-tailed pigeon
....Columba flavirostris (Species) - red-billed pigeon
....Columba goodsoni (Species) - dusky pigeon
....Columba guinea (Species) - speckled pigeon
....Columba hodgsonii (Species) - speckled wood-pigeon
....Columba inornata (Species) - plain pigeon
....Columba iriditorques (Species) - western bronze-naped pigeon
....Columba janthina (Species) - Japanese wood-pigeon
....‡Columba jouyi (Species) - Ryukyu pigeon
....Columba junoniae (Species) - laurel pigeon
....Columba larvata (Species) - lemon dove
....Columba leucocephala (Species) - white-crowned pigeon
....Columba leucomela (Species) - white-headed pigeon
....Columba leuconota (Species) - snow pigeon
....Columba livia (Species) - rock pigeon
....Columba maculosa (Species) - spot-winged pigeon
....Columba malherbii (Species) - Sao Tome bronze-naped pigeon
....Columba nigrirostris (Species) - short-billed pigeon
....Columba oenas (Species) - stock pigeon
....Columba oenops (Species) - Peruvian pigeon
....Columba oliviae (Species) - Somali pigeon
....Columba pallidiceps (Species) - yellow-legged pigeon
....Columba palumboides (Species) - Andaman wood-pigeon
....Columba palumbus (Species) - common wood-pigeon
....Columba picazuro (Species) - Picazuro pigeon
....Columba plumbea (Species) - plumbeous pigeon
....Columba pollenii (Species) - Comoro olive-pigeon
....Columba pulchricollis (Species) - ashy wood-pigeon
....Columba punicea (Species) - pale-capped pigeon
....Columba rupestris (Species) - hill pigeon
....Columba sjostedti (Species) - Cameroon olive-pigeon
....Columba speciosa (Species) - scaled pigeon
....Columba squamosa (Species) - scaly-naped pigeon
....Columba subvinacea (Species) - ruddy pigeon
....Columba thomensis (Species) - Sao Tome olive-pigeon
....Columba torringtoniae (Species)
....Columba trocaz (Species) - Trocaz pigeon
....Columba unicincta (Species) - Afep pigeon
....‡Columba versicolor (Species) - Bonin wood-pigeon
....Columba vitiensis (Species) - metallic pigeon
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 162.
Types
Type of
:
Columbinae
(Subfamily)
Illiger, 1811
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Columba
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Trocaza
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1854
Ref:
PBDB
: 12 Jun 2018.
Including
:
Aplopelia
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1855
Including
:
Nesoenas
(Genus)
Salvadori, 1893
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
veldduiven
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