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 10 species which occur in Botswana.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I)
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur (A)
- African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calva
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Botswana
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