List of Birds of The Philippines - 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 33 species which occur in the Philippines.

• Island Collared-dove Streptopelia bitorquata
• Red Collared-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
• Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
• Philippine Cuckoo-dove Macropygia tenuirostris
• Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
• Zebra Dove Geopelia striata (I)
• Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
• Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica (E)
• Mindanao Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba criniger (E)
• Mindoro Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba platenae (E)
• Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi (E)
• Sulu Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba menagei (E)
• White-eared Brown-dove Phapitreron leucotis (E)
• Amethyst Brown-dove Phapitreron amethystina (E)
• Tawitawi Brown-dove Phapitreron cinereiceps (E)
• Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
• Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
• Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
• Whistling Green Pigeon Treron formosae
• Yellow-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus occipitalis (E)
• Flame-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus marchei (E)
• Cream-bellied Fruit-dove Ptilinopus merrilli (E)
• Black-chinned Fruit-dove Ptilinopus leclancheri (E)
• Superb Fruit-dove Ptilinopus superbus (A)
• Black-naped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus melanospila
• Negros Fruit-dove Ptilinopus arcanus (E)
• Pink-bellied Imperial-pigeon Ducula poliocephala (E)
• Mindoro Imperial-pigeon Ducula mindorensis (E)
• Spotted Imperial-pigeon Ducula carola (E)
• Green Imperial-pigeon Ducula aenea
• Grey Imperial-pigeon Ducula pickeringii
• Pied Imperial-pigeon Ducula bicolor