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
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- White-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon leucometopia (E)
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hispaniola
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