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 9 species which occur in Egypt.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia; Anc.E.g. sSmt(y)'one of turquoise colour' (?)
- Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur; Anc.E.g.: mnw.t (meaning unknown)
- Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis; Anc.E.g.: cb3 'glittering, shining one'
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Egypt
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