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
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi (E)
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Grenada
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