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 308 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in Benin.
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- African Green Pigeon Treron calva
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Benin
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