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 22 species which occur in Uganda.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha
- Delegorgue's Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Lemon Dove Columba larvata
- Eurasian Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- African Green Pigeon Treron calva
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Uganda
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