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 8 species which occur in the Comoros.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I)
- Comoro Pigeon Columba polleni (E)
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Madagascar Turtle-Dove Streptopelia picturata
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis
- Comoro Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas sganzini
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Comoros
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