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)
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta
- Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini
- White-faced Quail-Dove Geotrygon albifacies
- Violaceous Quail-Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
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