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. They feed on seeds, fruit and plants. Unlike most other birds, the doves and pigeons produce "crop milk," which is secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop. Both sexes produce this highly nutritious substance to feed to the young.
- Rock Dove, Columba livia (I)
- Scaly-naped Pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa (A)
- White-crowned Pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala
- Red-billed Pigeon, Patagioenas flavirostris
- Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata
- Oriental Turtle-Dove, Streptopelia orientalis (C)
- European Turtle-Dove, Streptopelia turtur (A)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)
- Spotted Dove, Streptopelia chinensis (I)
- Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata (I)
- White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica
- Zenaida Dove, Zenaida aurita (A)
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E)
- Inca Dove, Columbina inca
- Common Ground-Dove, Columbina passerina
- Ruddy Ground-Dove, Columbina talpacoti
- White-tipped Dove, Leptotila verreauxi
- Key West Quail-Dove, Geotrygon chrysia (C)
- Ruddy Quail-Dove, Geotrygon montana (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The United States
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