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 11 species which occur in Afghanistan.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni
- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Afghanistan
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