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Columbidae - Pigeons & Doves


Kingdom: Animalia       Phylum: Chordata      Class: Aves (Birds)       Order: Columbiformes       Family: Columbidae


Sub-family: Columbinae (Pigeons & Doves)

Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) - widespread resident
Pale-backed Pigeon (Columba eversmanni) - sparse winter visitor
Speckled Wood-Pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) - local resident
Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) - local resident
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) - widespread common resident
Andaman Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumboides) - local resident
Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus) - sparse winter visitor
Ashy Wood-Pigeon (Columba pulchricollis) - local resident
Pale-capped Pigeon (Columba punicea) - local resident
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) - local resident
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) - widespread resident
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) - widespread common resident
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) - widespread resident & winter visitor
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) - widespread resident
Red Collared-Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica) - widespread resident
Andaman Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia rufipennis) - local resident
Barred Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia unchall) - local resident
Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) - widespread resident
Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) - local resident


Sub-family: Treroninae (Green & Imperial Pigeons)
Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon (Treron apicauda) - local resident
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon (Treron bicincta) - widespread resident
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon (Treron curvirostra) - widespread resident
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) - widespread resident
Pompadour Green-Pigeon (Treron pompadora) - widespread resident
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon (Treron sphenura) - local resident
Green Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula aenea) - widespread resident
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula badia) - widespread resident
Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) - local resident

 


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