Columbidae: The Pigeons and Doves

Ethan has documented 96 out of 353 doves and pigeons.

Columba livia (Rock Dove)

Columba eversmanni (Yellow-Eyed Pigeon)

Columba leuconota (Snow Pigeon)

Columba leucomela (White-Headed Pigeon)

Columba vitiensis (Metallic Pigeon)

Columba palumbus (Common Wood-Pigeon)

Columba elphinstonii (Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon)

Columba janthina (Black Wood-Pigeon)

Pampusana kubaryi (Caroline Islands Ground-Dove)

Treron phoenicoptera (Yellow-Footed Green-Pigeon)

Treron apicauda (Pin-Tailed Green-Pigeon)

Treron sphenurus (Wedge-Tailed Green-Pigeon)

Treron bicinctus (Orange-Breasted Green-Pigeon)

Treron curvirostra (Thick-Billed Green-Pigeon)

Treron griseicauda (Gray-Cheeked Green Pigeon)

Treron floris (Flores Green-Pigeon)

Treron axillaris (Philippine Green-Pigeon)

Treron sieboldii (White-Bellied Green-Pigeon)

Treron formosae (Whistling Green-Pigeon)

Treron capellei (Large Green-Pigeon)

Treron olax (Little Green-Pigeon)

Treron vernans (Pink-Necked Green-Pigeon)

Chalcophaps indica (Asian Emerald Dove)

Chalcophaps stephani (Stephan’s Dove)

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Pigeon)

Ducula aenea (Green Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula badia (Mountain Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula forsteni (White-Bellied Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula mullerii (Collared Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula lacernulata (Dark-Backed Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula bicolor (Pied Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula spilorrhoa (Torresian Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula geelvinkiana (Geelvink Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula rubricera (Red-Knobbed Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula pistrinaria (Island Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula myristicivora (Spice Imperial-Pigeon)

Ducula perspicillata (Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon)

Gymnophaps albertisii (Papuan Mountain-Pigeon)

Ocyphaps lophotes (Crested Pigeon)

Phaps chalcoptera (Common Bronzewing)

Phaps elegans (Brush Bronzewing)

Lopholaimus antarcticus (Topknot Pigeon)

Patagioenas leucocephala (White-Crowned Pigeon)

Patagioenas nigrirostris (Short-Billed Pigeon) 

Patagioenas cayennensis (Pale-Vented Pigeon)

Patagioenas speciosa (Scaled Pigeon)

Streptopelia turtur (European Turtle-Dove)

Spilopelia chinensis (Spotted Dove)

Geopelia humeralis (Bar-Shouldered Dove)

Geopelia maugeus (Barred Dove)

Geopelia striata (Zebra Dove)

Geopelia placida (Peaceful Dove)

Columbina inca (Inca Dove)

Columbina passerina (Common Ground Dove)

Columbina talpacoti (Ruddy Ground Dove)

Spilopelia senegalensis (Laughing Dove)

Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared-Dove)

Streptopelia tranquebarica (Red Collared-Dove)

Streptopelia bitorquata (Sunda Collared-Dove)

Zenaida asiatica (White-Winged Dove)

Leptotila verreauxi (White-Tipped Dove)

Gallicolumba rufigula (Cinnamon Ground Dove)

Gallicolumba keayi (Negros Bleeding-Heart)

A released bird with a tracker on its back now living its best life in the wild. Ethan wasn’t sure whether he should count it or not but other people were and he already counted those pitiful Takahe in New Zealand so here it is.

Leucosarcia melanoleuca (Wonga Pigeon)

Ptilinopus magnificus (Wompoo Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus superbus (Superb Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus fischeri (Red-Eared Fruit-Dove)

Blue-capped Fruit-Dove (Blue-Capped Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus hyogastrus (Gray-Headed Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus bernsteinii (Scarlet-Breasted Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus viridis (Claret-Breasted Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus porphyreus (Pink-Headed Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus speciosus (Geelvink Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus solomonensis (Yellow-Bibbed Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus aurantiifrons (Orange-Fronted Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus iozonus (Orange-Bellied Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus melanospilus (Black-Naped Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus cinctus (Black-Backed Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus regina (Rose-Crowned Fruit-Dove)

Ptilinopus nainus (Dwarf Fruit-Dove)

Ramphiculus occipitalis (Yellow-Breasted Fruit-Dove)

Ramphiculus leclancheri (Black-Chinned Fruit Dove)

Ramphiculus marchei (Flame-Breasted Fruit-Dove)

Drepanoptila holosericea (Cloven-Feathered Dove)

Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa (Sombre Pigeon)

Phapitreron leucotis (White-Eared Brown Dove)

Phapitreron amethystinus (Amethyst Brown Dove)

Reinwardtoena reinwardti (Great Cuckoo-Dove)

Reinwardtoena crassirostris (Crested Cuckoo-Dove)

Macropygia phasianella (Brown Cuckoo-Dove)

Macropygia amboinensis (Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove)

Macropygia doreya (Sultan’s Cuckoo-Dove)

Macropygia nigrirostris (Black-Billed Cuckoo-Dove)

Macropygia tenuirostris (Philippine Cuckoo-Dove)

Macropygia unchall (Barred Cuckoo-Dove)

Goura cristata (Western Crowned-Pigeon)

Ethan’s 2,500th bird