List of Birds of Egypt - Pigeons and Doves

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 9 species which occur in Egypt.

• Rock Pigeon Columba livia; Anc.E.g. sSmt(y)'one of turquoise colour' (?)
• Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
• Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
• Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur; Anc.E.g.: mnw.t (meaning unknown)
• Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
• African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
• Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis; Anc.E.g.: cb3 'glittering, shining one'
• Namaqua Dove Oena capensis