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) (n)
- Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata (R)
- European Turtle-Dove, Streptopelia turtur (R)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)(R)
- White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica (R)
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura (n)
- Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E)
- Common Ground-Dove, Columbina passerina (R)
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