List of Birds of Papua New Guinea - Pigeons and Doves

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 308 species worldwide and 54 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.

• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
• Yellow-legged Pigeon Columba pallidiceps
• Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis (A)
• Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis
• Black-billed Cuckoo-dove Macropygia nigrirostris
• Mackinlay's Cuckoo-dove Macropygia mackinlayi
• Great Cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena reinwardtii
• Pied Cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena browni (E)
• Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
• Stephan's Dove Chalcophaps stephani
• New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
• New Britain Bronzewing Henicophaps foersteri (E)
• Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
• Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
• Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
• Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
• Cinnamon Ground-dove Gallicolumba rufigula
• White-bibbed Ground-dove Gallicolumba jobiensis
• Bronze Ground-dove Gallicolumba beccarii
• Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris
• Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis
• Western Crowned Pigeon Goura cristata
• Southern Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri
• Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura victoria
• Wompoo Fruit-dove Ptilinopus magnificus
• Pink-spotted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus perlatus
• Ornate Fruit-dove Ptilinopus ornatus
• Orange-fronted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
• Superb Fruit-dove Ptilinopus superbus
• Rose-crowned Fruit-dove Ptilinopus regina
• Coroneted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
• Beautiful Fruit-dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
• White-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus rivoli
• Yellow-bibbed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus solomonensis
• Claret-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus viridis
• Orange-bellied Fruit-dove Ptilinopus iozonus
• Knob-billed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus insolitus (E)
• Dwarf Fruit-dove Ptilinopus nanus
• White-eyed Imperial-pigeon Ducula perspicillata (A)
• Elegant Imperial-pigeon Ducula concinna (A)
• Pacific Imperial-pigeon Ducula pacifica
• Red-knobbed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rubricera
• Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rufigaster
• Finsch's Imperial-pigeon Ducula finschii (E)
• Rufescent Imperial-pigeon Ducula chalconota
• Island Imperial-pigeon Ducula pistrinaria
• Pinon Imperial-pigeon Ducula pinon
• Bismarck Imperial-pigeon Ducula melanochroa (E)
• Collared Imperial-pigeon Ducula mullerii
• Zoe Imperial-pigeon Ducula zoeae
• Pied Imperial-pigeon Ducula bicolor
• Torresian Imperial-pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
• Papuan Mountain-pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii