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. Six species have been recorded in Tasmania, one of which has been introduced, and another three are vagrants.
- Spotted Dove, Streptopelia chinensis (I)
- Common Bronzewing, Phaps chalcoptera
- Brush Bronzewing, Phaps elegans
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus regina (V)
- Superb Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus superbus (V)
- Topknot Pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus (V)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tasmania
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