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 30 species which occur in China.
- 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
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea
- Japanese Wood Pigeon Columba janthina
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
- Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta
- Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera
- Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenura
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Whistling Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Black-chinned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus leclancheri
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of China
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