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 Dove, Columba livia (I)
- Scaly-naped Pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa (A)
- White-crowned Pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala
- Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata (A)
- European Turtle-Dove, Streptopelia turtur (A)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)
- White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica (i)
- Zenaida Dove, Zenaida aurita (A)
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E)
- Common Ground-Dove, Columbina passerina
- White-tipped Dove, Leptotila verreauxi (A)
- Key West Quail-Dove, Geotrygon chrysia
- Ruddy Quail-Dove, Geotrygon montana (A)
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