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.
- Rock Dove, Columba livia (I) LC
- Scaly-naped Pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa (A) LC
- White-crowned Pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala NT
- Red-billed Pigeon, Patagioenas flavirostris LC
- Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata LC
- Oriental Turtle Dove, Streptopelia orientalis (C) LC
- European Turtle Dove, Streptopelia turtur (A) LC
- Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) LC
- Spotted Dove, Streptopelia chinensis (I) LC
- White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica LC
- Zenaida Dove, Zenaida aurita (A) LC
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura LC
- Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E) EX
- Inca Dove, Columbina inca LC
- Common Ground Dove, Columbina passerina LC
- Ruddy Ground Dove, Columbina talpacoti LC
- White-tipped Dove, Leptotila verreauxi LC
- Key West Quail-Dove, Geotrygon chrysia (C) LC
- Ruddy Quail-Dove, Geotrygon montana (A) LC
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Canada And The United States
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