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 11 species which occur in Fiji.
| Species | Viti Levu | Vanua Levu | Taveuni | Kadavu | Lomaiviti | Lau | Rotuma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Dove Columba livia |
I | I | I | ||||
| White-throated Pigeon Columba vitiensis |
B | B | B | B | B | B | |
| Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis |
I | I | I | I | |||
| Friendly Ground Dove Gallicolumba stairi |
B | B | B | B | B | B | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica |
B | B | B | ||||
| Lau Imperial Pigeon Ducula lakeba |
X | X | |||||
| Peale's Imperial Pigeon Ducula latrans* |
B | B | B | B | B | B | |
| Many-coloured Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii |
B | B | B | B | B | B | |
| Purple-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus |
B | B | |||||
| Orange Dove Ptilinopus victor* |
B | B | |||||
| Golden Dove Ptilinopus luteovirens* |
B | B | |||||
| Whistling Dove Ptilinopus layardi* |
B | ||||||
| Fiji Flightless Pigeon Natunaornis gigoura* |
X |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Fiji
Famous quotes containing the words pigeons and and/or pigeons:
“I know that Quiet
Wanders laughing and eating her wild heart
Among pigeons and bees, while the Great Archer,
Who but awaits His hour to shoot, still hangs
A cloudy quiver over Pairc-na-lee.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“On shallow slates the pigeons shift together,
Backing against a thin rain from the west....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)