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 8 species which occur in South Korea.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I)
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris (I)
- Stock Pigeon Columba oenas (A)
- Japanese Wood-Pigeon Columba janthina
- Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto (A)
- Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica (A)
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of South Korea
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