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 17 species which occur in Tanzania.
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Delegorgue's Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Lemon Dove Columba larvata
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur (A)
- Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens
- African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Pemba Green Pigeon Treron pembaensis (E)
- African Green Pigeon Treron calva
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tanzania
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