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 (A)
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto (A)
- African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica (A)
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea (A)
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Dominica
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