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 of which 28 occur in Thailand.
Common name | Binomial | Status |
---|---|---|
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Due to hybridisation with feral pigeons, few if any pure-bred birds remain in Thailand |
Speckled Wood Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii | |
Ashy Wood Pigeon | Columba pulchricollis | |
Pale-capped Pigeon | Columba punicea | Rare, uncertain status |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
Red Collared-dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
Barred Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
Little Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Native in south, introduced to central Thailand |
Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Rare and globally endangered |
Little Green Pigeon | Treron olax | Rare |
Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon | Treron fulvicollis | Possibly extirpated, globally threatened |
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon | Treron bicincta | |
Pompadour Green Pigeon | Treron pompadora | |
Thick-billed Green Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | |
Large Green Pigeon | Treron capellei | Rare and globally vulnerable |
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon | Treron phoenicoptera | |
Yellow-vented Green Pigeon | Treron seimundi | Very rare |
Pin-tailed Green Pigeon | Treron apicauda | |
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon | Treron sphenura | |
White-bellied Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | Very rare |
Jambu Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus jambu | |
Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
Mountain Imperial Pigeon | Ducula badia | |
Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Thailand
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