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 21 species which occur in Nepal.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus (A)
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- 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
- 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
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nepal
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