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 6 Iowa species.
- Rock Dove, Columba livia (I)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)
- White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica (C)
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E)
- Common Ground-Dove, Columbina passerina (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Iowa
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Among pigeons and bees, while the Great Archer,
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)