List of Birds of Colombia - Pigeons and Doves

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 39 species which have been recorded in Colombia.

• Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I)
• White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
• Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
• Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
• Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
• Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
• Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
• Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
• Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
• Dusky Pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni
• Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura (A)
• Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
• White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
• Pacific Dove Zenaida meloda (A)
• Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
• Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
• Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi
• Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
• Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
• Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana
• Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
• Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
• Maroon-chested Ground Dove Claravis mondetoura
• Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
• White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
• Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
• Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
• Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida
• Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
• Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini
• Tolima Dove Leptotila conoveri (E)
• Purplish-backed Quail Dove Geotrygon lawrencii
• Russet-crowned Quail Dove Geotrygon goldmani
• Sapphire Quail Dove Geotrygon saphirina
• Olive-backed Quail Dove Geotrygon veraguensis
• Lined Quail Dove Geotrygon linearis
• White-throated Quail Dove Geotrygon frenata
• Violaceous Quail Dove Geotrygon violacea
• Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana