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)
- Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata (A)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)
- White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E)
- Inca Dove, Columbina inca
- Common Ground-Dove, Columbina passerina (A)
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