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 13 species which occur in Saudi Arabia.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus (A)
- Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Saudi Arabia
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