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
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto (I)
- African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis (I)
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea
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