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.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I)
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala Near-threatened
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto (I)
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Inca Dove Columbina inca (A)
- Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
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