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 Turkey.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis (A)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Turkey
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