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 Hong Kong.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I)
- Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall (A)
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra (A)
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hong Kong
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