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 22 species which occur in the Solomon Islands.
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Yellow-legged Pigeon Columba pallidiceps
- Mackinlay's Cuckoo-dove Macropygia mackinlayi
- Crested Cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena crassirostris (E)
- Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Stephan's Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
- White-bibbed Ground-dove Gallicolumba jobiensis
- Santa Cruz Ground-dove Gallicolumba sanctaecrucis
- Thick-billed Ground-dove Gallicolumba salamonis (E)
- Bronze Ground-dove Gallicolumba beccarii
- Superb Fruit-dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Silver-capped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus richardsii (E)
- Red-bellied Fruit-dove Ptilinopus greyii
- Yellow-bibbed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus solomonensis
- Claret-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus viridis
- White-headed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus eugeniae (E)
- Pacific Imperial-pigeon Ducula pacifica
- Red-knobbed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rubricera
- Island Imperial-pigeon Ducula pistrinaria
- Chestnut-bellied Imperial-pigeon Ducula brenchleyi (E)
- Pale Mountain-pigeon Gymnophaps solomonensis (E)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Solomon Islands
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