Columba (genus)
The large bird genus Columba pigeons , often referred to as the typical pigeons .
As with other genera in the family, the terms dove and pigeon are used interchangeably, although smaller species are more likely to be called doves. The species commonly referred to just as the "pigeon" is the feral Rock Dove .
Most species in this genus are found in the Old World, but there are a few representatives in the Americas , and some species, notably the Feral Pigeon, have been introduced outside their natural range.
Species are:
Rock Dove or feral pigeon , Columba livia
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Trocaz Pigeon Columba trocaz
Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii
Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae
White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala
Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
Hill Pigeon , Columba rupestris
Snow Pigeon , Columba leuconota
Speckled Pigeon , Columba guinea
White-collared Pigeon , Columba albitorques
Pale-backed Pigeon , Columba eversmanni
Somali Pigeon , Columba oliviae
Wood Pigeon , Columba palumbus Wood Pigeon,
Columba palumbus Afer Pigeon , Columba unicincta
African Olive Pigeon , Columba arquatrix
Cameroon Olive Pigeon , Columba sjostedti
Sao Tome Olive Pigeon , Columba thomensis
Comoro Olive Pigeon , Columba polleni
Speckled Woodpigeon , Columba hodgsonii
White-naped Pigeon , Columba albinucha
Ashy Woodpigeon , Columba pulchricollis
Nilgiri Woodpigeon , Columba elphinstonii
Sri Lanka Woodpigeon , Columba torringtoni
Pale-capped Pigeon , Columba punicea
Silvery Pigeon , Columba argentina
Andaman Woodpigeon , Columba palumboides
Japanese Woodpigeon , Columba janthina
Metallic Pigeon or White-throated Pigeon, Columba vitiensis
White-headed Pigeon , Columba leucomela
Yellow-legged Pigeon , Columba pallidiceps
White-crowned Pigeon , Columba leucocephala
Scaly-naped Pigeon , Columba squamosa
Scaled Pigeon , Columba speciosa
Picazuro Pigeon , Columba picazuro
Bare-eyed Pigeon , Columba corensis
Spot-winged Pigeon , Columba maculosa
Band-tailed Pigeon , Columba fasciata
Chilean Pigeon , Columba araucana
Ring-tailed Pigeon , Columba caribaea
Pale-vented Pigeon , Columba cayennensis
Red-billed Pigeon , Columba flavirostris
Peruvian Pigeon , Columba oenops
Plain Pigeon , Columba inornata
Plumbeous Pigeon , Columba plumbea
Ruddy Pigeon , Columba subvinacea
Short-billed Pigeon , Columba nigrirostris
Dusky Pigeon , Columba goodsoni
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon , Columba delegorguei
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon , Columba iriditorques
Sao Tome Bronze-naped Pigeon , Columba malherbii
African Lemon-dove , Columba larvata
Sao Tome Lemon-dove , Columba simplex
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