Pigeons and Doves
Order: Columbiformes. Family: Columbidae
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. There are 20 species which have been recorded in Venezuela.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I)
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Maroon-chested Ground Dove Claravis mondetoura
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Lined Quail Dove Geotrygon linearis
- Violaceous Quail Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana
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