Birds of the World

○ ← COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves) →

Genus: Columba (33 species)

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White-naped Pigeon (Columba albinucha) Range: AF: Cameroon; e DR Congo, w Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi


White-collared Pigeon (Columba albitorques) Range: AF: montane Eritrea and Ethiopia Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
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Silvery Pigeon (Columba argentina) Critically Endangered Range: OR: w Sumatran islands; formerly Anambas (e of Malay Pen.), Riau and Lingga is. (e of c Sumatra), Natunas (nw of Borneo) and Karimata Is. (w of w Borneo)


African Olive Pigeon (Columba arquatrix) Range: AF: Ethiopia to South Africa and Angola San Diego Zoo, California, USA
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Bolle's Pigeon (Columba bollii) Range: AF: El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife; formerly also Gran Canaria (w, c Canary Is., c Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)

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Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba delegorguei) Range: AF: e, se


Nilgiri Wood Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) Vulnerable Range: OR: sw India Thattekad, India
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-eyed Pigeon (Columba eversmanni) Vulnerable Range: PAL: Iran to nw China Kazakhstan
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Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea) Range: AF: widespread Giants Castle, South Africa
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Speckled Wood Pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) Range: OR: Himalayas to Myanmar

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Western Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba iriditorques) Range: AF: Guinea and Sierra Leone to Uganda, DR Congo and Angola

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Black Wood Pigeon (Columba janthina) Range: PAL: islets sw of s Korean Pen., between s Korean Pen. and s Honshu (sw Japan), Izu Is. (e Japan), Ryukyu Is. (s Japan), and Bonin Is. (far se Japan), and islets off Taiwan

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Laurel Pigeon (Columba junoniae) Near Threatened Range: AF: El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife (w, c Canary Is., c Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)


Lemon Dove (Columba larvata larvata) Range: AF: widespread Western Cape, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela) Male Range: AU: se Cape York Pen., ne QLD to se VIC (e Australia) Brunkerville, New South Wales, Australia
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White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela) Female Range: AU: se Cape York Pen., ne QLD to se VIC (e Australia) Brunkerville, New South Wales, Australia
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Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) Range: PAL: sc, se Pakistan
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Rock Dove (Columba livia) Male, Breeding Range: Worldwide: worldwide due largely to introductions; native to s Eurasia, n Africa to India Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Common in cities, and now found almost worldwide.
Mating.


Island Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba malherbii) Male Near Threatened Range: AF: Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón (c, s Gulf of Guinea is.) São Tomé
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Stock Dove (Columba oenas) Range: PAL: w, sw Langham, Great Britain
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Somali Pigeon (Columba oliviae) Range: AF: coastal ne Somalia

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Yellow-legged Pigeon (Columba pallidiceps) Vulnerable Range: AU: New Ireland and New Britain (e Bismarck Arch.) and Bougainville to Makira (n to se Solomon Is.)

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Andaman Wood Pigeon (Columba palumboides) Near Threatened Range: OR: Andaman Is.


Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus palumbus) Range: PAL: w, sw Madrid, Spain
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Comoro Olive Pigeon (Columba pollenii) Near Threatened Range: AF: Comoros


Ashy Wood Pigeon (Columba pulchricollis) Range: OR: Himalayas to s China and Taiwan Hualien, Taiwan
Photograph by Bob Du © All Rights Reserved.

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Pale-capped Pigeon (Columba punicea) Vulnerable Range: OR: ne India through se Asia


Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris turkestanica) Range: PAL: c, e Borit, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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Cameroon Olive Pigeon (Columba sjostedti) Range: AF: Cameroon

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Sao Tome Olive Pigeon (Columba thomensis) Endangered Range: AF: montane São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)


Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon (Columba torringtoniae) Vulnerable Range: OR: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
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Trocaz Pigeon (Columba trocaz) Range: AF: Madeira (w Madeira group, nc Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)

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Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta) Range: AF: Guinea to Ghana; e Nigeria to Angola, DR Congo and Uganda


Metallic Pigeon (Columba vitiensis) Range: OR, AU, PO: Philippines to Samoa (c Polynesia) San Diego Zoo, California, USA
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