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 54 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Yellow-legged Pigeon Columba pallidiceps
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis (A)
- Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Black-billed Cuckoo-dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Mackinlay's Cuckoo-dove Macropygia mackinlayi
- Great Cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena reinwardtii
- Pied Cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena browni (E)
- Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Stephan's Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- New Britain Bronzewing Henicophaps foersteri (E)
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
- Cinnamon Ground-dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- White-bibbed Ground-dove Gallicolumba jobiensis
- Bronze Ground-dove Gallicolumba beccarii
- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris
- Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis
- Western Crowned Pigeon Goura cristata
- Southern Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri
- Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura victoria
- Wompoo Fruit-dove Ptilinopus magnificus
- Pink-spotted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Ornate Fruit-dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Orange-fronted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Superb Fruit-dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Rose-crowned Fruit-dove Ptilinopus regina
- Coroneted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Beautiful Fruit-dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- White-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Yellow-bibbed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus solomonensis
- Claret-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus viridis
- Orange-bellied Fruit-dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Knob-billed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus insolitus (E)
- Dwarf Fruit-dove Ptilinopus nanus
- White-eyed Imperial-pigeon Ducula perspicillata (A)
- Elegant Imperial-pigeon Ducula concinna (A)
- Pacific Imperial-pigeon Ducula pacifica
- Red-knobbed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rubricera
- Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Finsch's Imperial-pigeon Ducula finschii (E)
- Rufescent Imperial-pigeon Ducula chalconota
- Island Imperial-pigeon Ducula pistrinaria
- Pinon Imperial-pigeon Ducula pinon
- Bismarck Imperial-pigeon Ducula melanochroa (E)
- Collared Imperial-pigeon Ducula mullerii
- Zoe Imperial-pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Pied Imperial-pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Papuan Mountain-pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea
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