List of wild pigeon species

The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves. They are distributed among 50 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial. It includes 13 extinct species.[1] For a list of domesticated varieties, see List of pigeon breeds.

The IOC breeding range descriptions use the following abbreviations for continents and other major geographic areas.

  • AF: Africa
  • AU: Australasia (New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago)
  • EU: Eurasia (Europe and Asia to the Oriental Region boundary)
  • IO: Indian Ocean
  • MA: Middle America
  • NA: North America
  • OR: Oriental region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
  • PO: Polynesia (including Caroline and Mariana Islands)
  • SA: South America
IOC sequence Common name Binomial name + authority Range Image
1 Rock dove Columba livia Gmelin, JF, 1789 Worldwide - widespread
2 Hill pigeon Columba rupestris Pallas, 1811 EU: China, Himalayas, and Central Asia
3 Snow pigeon Columba leuconota Vigors, 1831 EU: Altay, Tian Shan, Himalayas, and Central China
4 Speckled pigeon Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
5 White-collared pigeon Columba albitorques Rüppell, 1837 AF: Eritrea and Ethiopia
6 Stock dove Columba oenas Linnaeus, 1758 EU: Europe and central Asia
7 Yellow-eyed pigeon Columba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856 EU: Central Asia and western China
8 Somali pigeon Columba oliviae Clarke, S, 1918 AF: northeastern Somalia
9 Common wood pigeon Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 EU: Europe to China
10 Trocaz pigeon Columba trocaz Heineken, 1829 AF: Madeira
11 Bolle's pigeon Columba bollii Godman, 1872 AF: Canary Islands
12 Laurel pigeon Columba junoniae Hartert, EJO, 1916 AF: Canary Islands
13 Afep pigeon Columba unicincta Cassin, 1860 AF: Equatorial Africa
14 African olive pigeon Columba arquatrix Temminck, 1808 AF: mainly eastern and southern Africa
15 Cameroon olive pigeon Columba sjostedti Reichenow, 1901 AF: western Cameroon and eastern Nigeria
16 Sao Tome olive pigeon Columba thomensis Barboza du Bocage, 1888 AF: São Tomé
17 Comoro olive pigeon Columba pollenii Schlegel, 1865 AF: Comoros
18 Speckled wood pigeon Columba hodgsonii Vigors, 1832 OR: Himalayas, Myanmar, and Central China
19 White-naped pigeon Columba albinucha Sassi, 1911 AF: Central Africa and Albertine Rift
20 Ashy wood pigeon Columba pulchricollis Blyth, 1846 OR: Eastern Himalaya, Yunnan, Myanmar, and Taiwan
21 Nilgiri wood pigeon Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832) OR: Western Ghats (India)
22 Sri Lanka wood pigeon Columba torringtoniae (Kelaart, 1853) OR: Sri Lanka
23 Pale-capped pigeon Columba punicea Blyth, 1842 OR: northeast India through southeast Asia
24 Silvery pigeon Columba argentina Bonaparte, 1855 (possibly extinct) OR: western Malaysia
25 Andaman wood pigeon Columba palumboides (Hume, 1873) OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
26 Japanese wood pigeon Columba janthina Temminck, 1830 EU: East China Sea
27 Bonin wood pigeon Columba versicolor Kittlitz, 1832 (extinct) EU: Bonin Islands
28 Ryukyu wood pigeon Columba jouyi (Stejneger, 1887) (extinct) EU: Daitō and Okinawa Islands
29 Metallic pigeon Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 OR, AU: Melanesia, Philippines, and Wallacea
30 White-headed pigeon Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821 AU: eastern Australia
31 Yellow-legged pigeon Columba pallidiceps (Ramsay, EP, 1878) AU: Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos
32 Eastern bronze-naped pigeon Columba delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847 AF: east Africa
33 Western bronze-naped pigeon Columba iriditorques Cassin, 1856 AF: Equatorial Africa
34 Island bronze-naped pigeon Columba malherbii Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851 AF: Gulf of Guinea islands
35 Lemon dove Columba larvata Temminck, 1809 AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
36 Passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) (extinct) NA: central and eastern USA and Canada
37 White-crowned pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) NA, MA: Florida, West Indies, eastern Caribbean
38 Scaly-naped pigeon Patagioenas squamosa (Bonnaterre, 1792) NA: West Indies
39 Scaled pigeon Patagioenas speciosa (Gmelin, JF, 1789) MA, SA: Central and South America
40 Picazuro pigeon Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) SA: eastern South America
41 Bare-eyed pigeon Patagioenas corensis (Jacquin, 1784) SA: Colombia, Venezuela, and Netherlands Antilles
42 Spot-winged pigeon Patagioenas maculosa (Temminck, 1813) SA: South America
43 Band-tailed pigeon Patagioenas fasciata (Say, 1822) NA, MA, SA: western and mountainous Americas
44 Chilean pigeon Patagioenas araucana (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827) SA: Chile and western Argentina
45 Ring-tailed pigeon Patagioenas caribaea (Jacquin, 1784) NA: Jamaica
46 Pale-vented pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis (Bonnaterre, 1792) MA, SA: Mexico into South America
47 Red-billed pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris (Wagler, 1831) NA, MA: southern Texas to Costa Rica
48 Maranon pigeon Patagioenas oenops (Salvin, 1895) SA: Ecuador and Peru
49 Plain pigeon Patagioenas inornata (Vigors, 1827) NA: Greater Antilles
50 Plumbeous pigeon Patagioenas plumbea (Vieillot, 1818) SA: Colombia to southeastern Brazil
51 Ruddy pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea (Lawrence, 1868) MA, SA: southern Central and northern South America
52 Short-billed pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris (Sclater, PL, 1860) MA, SA: Mexico to Colombia
53 Dusky pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni (Hartert, EJO, 1902) SA: Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
54 Malagasy turtle dove Nesoenas picturatus (Temminck, 1813) AF: Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius
55 Rodrigues pigeon Nesoenas rodericanus (Milne-Edwards, 1873) (extinct) IO: Rodrigues Island
56 Pink pigeon Nesoenas mayeri (Prévost, 1843) IO: Mauritius Island
57 European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758) EU: primarily Europe; to North Africa and China
58 Dusky turtle dove Streptopelia lugens (Rüppell, 1837) AF, EU: east Africa and Arabian Peninsula
59 Adamawa turtle dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha (Reichenow, 1910) AF: West Africa
60 Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) EU, OR: widespread
61 Sunda collared dove Streptopelia bitorquata (Temminck, 1809) OR, AU: Java and Lesser Sundas to Timor
62 Philippine collared dove Streptopelia dusumieri (Temminck, 1823) OR: Philippines and Sunda Archipeligo
63 Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) EU, OR: native from Europe to China; widely introduced elsewhere
64 Burmese collared dove Streptopelia xanthocycla (Newman, TH, 1906) OR: central Myanmar
65 African collared dove Streptopelia roseogrisea (Sundevall, 1857) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
66 White-winged collared dove Streptopelia reichenowi (Erlanger, 1901) AF: Horn of Africa
67 Mourning collared dove Streptopelia decipiens (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
68 Red-eyed dove Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) AF, EU: Sub-Saharan Africa and Arabian Peninsula
69 Ring-necked dove Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Comoros
70 Vinaceous dove Streptopelia vinacea (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
71 Red collared dove Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann, 1804) OR: eastern and southern Asia
72 Spotted dove Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) OR: eastern and southern Asia
73 Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) AF, EU, OR: Africa, the Middle East, and southern Asia
74 Barred cuckoo-dove Macropygia unchall (Wagler, 1827) OR: eastern Himalaya, southern China, and southeast Asia
75 Amboyna cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) AU: Moluccas to New Guinea
76 Sultan's cuckoo-dove Macropygia doreya Bonaparte, 1854 AU: Moluccas to New Guinea
77 Ruddy cuckoo-dove Macropygia emiliana Bonaparte, 1854 OR: Indonesia
78 Enggano cuckoo-dove Macropygia cinnamomea Salvadori, 1892 OR: Enggano Island (off western Sumatra)
79 Barusan cuckoo-dove Macropygia modiglianii Salvadori, 1887 OR: western Sumatran islands (except Enggano)
80 Timor cuckoo-dove Macropygia magna Wallace, 1864 AU: Timor and eastern Lesser Sundas
81 Tanimbar cuckoo-dove Macropygia timorlaoensis Meyer, AB, 1884 AU: Tanimbar Islands
82 Flores Sea cuckoo-dove Macropygia macassariensis Wallace, 1865 AU: Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas
83 Philippine cuckoo-dove Macropygia tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854 OR: Philippines
84 Brown cuckoo-dove Macropygia phasianella (Temminck, 1821) AU: eastern Australia
85 Andaman cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis Blyth, 1846 OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
86 Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove Macropygia nigrirostris Salvadori, 1876 AU: New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago
87 Spot-breasted cuckoo-dove Macropygia mackinlayi Ramsay, EP, 1878 AU: Melanesia
88 Little cuckoo-dove Macropygia ruficeps (Temminck, 1835) OR: Myanmar to Lesser Sundas
89 Great cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti (Temminck, 1824) AU: Moluccas and New Guinea
90 Pied cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena browni (Sclater, PL, 1877) AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands
91 Crested cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena crassirostris (Gould, 1856) AU: Solomon Islands
92 White-faced cuckoo-dove Turacoena manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) AU: Sulawesi
93 Sula cuckoo-dove Turacoena sulaensis Forbes, HO & Robinson, 1900 AU: Sula Islands and Banggai Archipelago
94 Black cuckoo-dove Turacoena modesta (Temminck, 1835) AU: Lesser Sundas
95 Emerald-spotted wood dove Turtur chalcospilos (Wagler, 1827) AF: eastern and southern Africa
96 Black-billed wood dove Turtur abyssinicus (Sharpe, 1902) AF: Sub-Saharan belt
97 Blue-spotted wood dove Turtur afer (Linnaeus, 1766) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
98 Tambourine dove Turtur tympanistria (Temminck, 1809) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Comoros
99 Blue-headed wood dove Turtur brehmeri (Hartlaub, 1865) AF: Equatorial Africa
100 Namaqua dove Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar
101 Common emerald dove Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus, 1758) OR, AU: southern China to New Guinea
102 Pacific emerald dove Chalcophaps longirostris Gould, 1848 AU: Australasia
103 Stephan's emerald dove Chalcophaps stephani Reichenbach, 1851 AU: Sulawesi, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
104 New Guinea bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons Gray, GR, 1862 AU: New Guinea
105 New Britain bronzewing Henicophaps foersteri Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1906 AU: Bismarck Archipelago
106 Common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790) AU: Australia
107 Brush bronzewing Phaps elegans (Temminck, 1809) AU: southern Australia
108 Flock bronzewing Phaps histrionica (Gould, 1841) AU: Australia
109 Crested pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) AU: Australia
110 Spinifex pigeon Geophaps plumifera Gould, 1842 AU: Australia
111 Squatter pigeon Geophaps scripta (Temminck, 1821) AU: northeast Australia
112 Partridge pigeon Geophaps smithii (Jardine & Selby, 1830) AU: northern Australia
113 Thick-billed ground pigeon Trugon terrestris Gray, GR, 1849 AU: New Guinea
114 Wonga pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca (Latham, 1801) AU: eastern Australia
115 Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis Collett, 1898 AU: northern Australia
116 White-quilled rock pigeon Petrophassa albipennis Gould, 1841 AU: north-western Australia
117 Diamond dove Geopelia cuneata (Latham, 1801) AU: Australia
118 Zebra dove Geopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766) OR: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java
119 Peaceful dove Geopelia placida Gould, 1844 AU: Australia and New Guinea
120 Barred dove Geopelia maugeus (Temminck, 1809) AU: Lesser Sundas and Moluccas
121 Bar-shouldered dove Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) AU: Australia and New Guinea
122 Inca dove Columbina inca (Lesson, RP, 1847) NA, MA: southwestern USA to Costa Rica
123 Scaled dove Columbina squammata (Lesson, RP, 1831) SA: northern and eastern South America
124 Common ground dove Columbina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758) NA, MA, SA: southern USA into Brazil
125 Plain-breasted ground dove Columbina minuta (Linnaeus, 1766) MA, SA: southern Central America and northern South America
126 Ecuadorian ground dove Columbina buckleyi (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877) SA: western Ecuador and northwestern Peru
127 Ruddy ground dove Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810) MA, SA: Mexico to Argentina
128 Picui ground dove Columbina picui (Temminck, 1813) SA: Brazil to Chile and Argentina
129 Croaking ground dove Columbina cruziana (Prévost, 1842) SA: northern Ecuador to Chile
130 Blue-eyed ground dove Columbina cyanopis (Pelzeln, 1870) SA: Cerrado of Brazil
131 Blue ground dove Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Pérez, 1886) MA, SA: Mexico to Argentina
132 Purple-winged ground dove Paraclaravis geoffroyi (Temminck, 1811) SA: southern Atlantic Forest (Brazil to Argentina)
133 Maroon-chested ground dove Paraclaravis mondetoura (Bonaparte, 1856) MA, SA: Mexico to Bolivia
134 Bare-faced ground dove Metriopelia ceciliae (Lesson, RP, 1845) SA: Altiplano of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
135 Moreno's ground dove Metriopelia morenoi (Sharpe, 1902) SA: Argentina
136 Black-winged ground dove Metriopelia melanoptera (Molina, 1782) SA: Andes
137 Golden-spotted ground dove Metriopelia aymara (Prévost, 1840) SA: Altiplano of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
138 Long-tailed ground dove Uropelia campestris (Spix, 1825) SA: Brazil and Bolivia
139 Blue-headed quail-dove Starnoenas cyanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) NA: Cuba
140 Purple quail-dove Geotrygon purpurata (Salvin, 1878) SA: northwestern Colombia to northwestern Ecuador
141 Sapphire quail-dove Geotrygon saphirina Bonaparte, 1855 SA: western Amazon Basin
142 Crested quail-dove Geotrygon versicolor (Lafresnaye, 1846) NA: Jamaica
143 Ruddy quail-dove Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758) MA, SA: Central America and northern South America
144 Violaceous quail-dove Geotrygon violacea (Temminck, 1809) MA, SA: southern Central America and northern South America
145 Grey-fronted quail-dove Geotrygon caniceps (Gundlach, 1852) NA: Cuba
146 White-fronted quail-dove Geotrygon leucometopia (Chapman, 1917) NA: Hispaniola
147 Key West quail-dove Geotrygon chrysia Bonaparte, 1855 NA: northern Caribbean
148 Bridled quail-dove Geotrygon mystacea (Temminck, 1811) NA: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and northern Lesser Antilles
149 Olive-backed quail-dove Leptotrygon veraguensis (Lawrence, 1866) MA, SA: Costa Rica to Ecuador
150 White-tipped dove Leptotila verreauxi Bonaparte, 1855 NA, MA, SA: southern Texas to Argentina
151 Yungas dove Leptotila megalura Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1879 SA: Bolivia and Argentina
152 Grey-fronted dove Leptotila rufaxilla (Richard & Bernard, 1792) SA: Colombia to Argentina
153 Grey-headed dove Leptotila plumbeiceps Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868 MA, SA: Mexico to Colombia
154 Pallid dove Leptotila pallida Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 SA: western Colombia and Ecuador
155 Azuero dove Leptotila battyi Rothschild, 1901 MA: Panama
156 Grenada dove Leptotila wellsi (Lawrence, 1884) NA: Grenada
157 Caribbean dove Leptotila jamaicensis (Linnaeus, 1766) NA, MA: Cayman Islands,Jamaica, Yucatán Peninsula
158 Grey-chested dove Leptotila cassinii Lawrence, 1867 MA, SA: Guatemala to Colombia
159 Ochre-bellied dove Leptotila ochraceiventris Chapman, 1914 SA: Ecuador and Peru
160 Tolima dove Leptotila conoveri Bond, J & Meyer de Schauensee, 1943 SA: Colombian Andes
161 Tuxtla quail-dove Zentrygon carrikeri (Wetmore, 1941) MA: southeastern Mexico
162 Buff-fronted quail-dove Zentrygon costaricensis (Lawrence, 1868) MA: Costa Rica and Panama
163 Purplish-backed quail-dove Zentrygon lawrencii (Salvin, 1874) MA: Costa Rica and Panama
164 White-faced quail-dove Zentrygon albifacies (Sclater, PL, 1858) MA: Mexico to Nicaragua
165 White-throated quail-dove Zentrygon frenata (Tschudi, 1843) SA: Andes from Colombia to northwestern Argentina
166 Lined quail-dove Zentrygon linearis (Prévost, 1843) SA: Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago
167 Chiriqui quail-dove Zentrygon chiriquensis (Sclater, PL, 1856) MA: Costa Rica and Panama
168 Russet-crowned quail-dove Zentrygon goldmani (Nelson, 1912) MA, SA: Panama and Colombia
169 Mourning dove Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) NA, MA: North America to Panama
170 Socorro dove Zenaida graysoni (Lawrence, 1871) MA: Soccoro Island (Mexico)
171 Eared dove Zenaida auriculata (des Murs, 1847) SA: South America
172 Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita (Temminck, 1809) NA: West Indies and Yucatán Peninsula
173 Galápagos dove Zenaida galapagoensis Gould, 1841 SA: Galápagos Islands
174 White-winged dove Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) NA, MA: southwestern USA to Panama; Greater Antilles
175 West Peruvian dove Zenaida meloda (Tschudi, 1843) SA: South American west coast
176 Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica (Linnaeus, 1758) OR, AU: Andaman Islands to Philippines and Solomon Islands
177 Spotted green pigeon Caloenas maculata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (extinct) South Pacific or Indian Ocean island(?)
178 Sulawesi ground dove Gallicolumba tristigmata (Bonaparte, 1855) AU: Sulawesi
179 Cinnamon ground dove Gallicolumba rufigula (Pucheran, 1853) AU: New Guinea
180 Luzon bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica (Scopoli, 1786) OR: Luzon (Philippines)
181 Mindanao bleeding-heart Gallicolumba crinigera (Reichenbach, 1851) OR: Philippines
182 Mindoro bleeding-heart Gallicolumba platenae (Salvadori, 1893) OR: primarily Mindoro (Philippines)
183 Negros bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi (Clarke, WE, 1900) OR: primarily Negros (Philippines)
184 Sulu bleeding-heart Gallicolumba menagei (Bourns & Worcester, 1894) OR: Sulu (Philippines)
185 Wetar ground dove Pampusana hoedtii (Schlegel, 1871) OR: Wetar and Timor
186 White-breasted ground dove Pampusana jobiensis (Meyer, AB, 1875) AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
187 White-fronted ground dove Pampusana kubaryi (Finsch, 1880) PO: Caroline Islands
188 Polynesian ground dove Pampusana erythroptera (Gmelin, JF, 1789) PO: Tuamotu Archipelago
189 White-throated ground dove Pampusana xanthonura (Temminck, 1823) PO: Mariana and Caroline Islands
190 Norfolk ground dove Pampusana norfolkensis (Forshaw, 2015) (extinct) PO: Norfolk Island
191 Shy ground dove Pampusana stairi (Gray, GR, 1856) PO: Tonga and neighboring islands
192 Santa Cruz ground dove Pampusana sanctaecrucis (Mayr, 1935) AU: southern Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
193 Tanna ground dove Pampusana ferruginea (Forster, JR, 1844) (extinct) PO: Tanna Islands (Vanuatu)
194 Thick-billed ground dove Pampusana salamonis (Ramsay, EP, 1882) (extinct) AU: Makira and Ramos (Solomon Islands)
195 Marquesan ground dove Pampusana rubescens (Vieillot, 1818) PO: Marquesas Islands
196 Bronze ground dove Pampusana beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
197 Palau ground dove Pampusana canifrons (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872) AU: Palau
198 Choiseul pigeon Microgoura meeki Rothschild, 1904 (extinct) AU: Choiseul (Solomon Islands)
199 Pheasant pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis Gould, 1870 AU: New Guinea
200 Western crowned pigeon Goura cristata (Pallas, 1764) AU: western New Guinea
201 Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon Goura scheepmakeri Finsch, 1876 AU: southeastern New Guinea
202 Sclater's crowned pigeon Goura sclaterii Salvadori, 1876 AU: southern New Guinea
203 Victoria crowned pigeon Goura victoria (Fraser, 1844) AU: northern New Guinea
204 Dodo Raphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (extinct) IO: Mauritius Island
205 Rodrigues solitaire Pezophaps solitaria (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (extinct) IO: Rodrigues Island
206 Tooth-billed pigeon Didunculus strigirostris (Jardine, 1845) PO: Samoa
207 White-eared brown dove Phapitreron leucotis (Temminck, 1823) OR: Philippines
208 Amethyst brown dove Phapitreron amethystinus Bonaparte, 1855 OR: Philippines
209 Tawitawi brown dove Phapitreron cinereiceps (Bourns & Worcester, 1894) OR: Tawi-Tawi Islands (Philippines)
210 Mindanao brown dove Phapitreron brunneiceps (Bourns & Worcester, 1894) OR: Mindanao and Basilan (Philippines)
211 Cinnamon-headed green pigeon Treron fulvicollis (Wagler, 1827) OR: Malay Peninsula to Borneo
212 Little green pigeon Treron olax (Temminck, 1823) OR: Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas
213 Pink-necked green pigeon Treron vernans (Linnaeus, 1771) OR: Southeast Asia mainland to Philippines and Sulawesi
214 Orange-breasted green pigeon Treron bicinctus (Jerdon, 1840) OR: south and southeast Asia to Bali
215 Sri Lanka green pigeon Treron pompadora (Gmelin, JF, 1789) OR: Sri Lanka
216 Grey-fronted green pigeon Treron affinis (Jerdon, 1840) OR: southern India
217 Ashy-headed green pigeon Treron phayrei (Blyth, 1862) OR: Himalayas to Southeast Asia
218 Andaman green pigeon Treron chloropterus Blyth, 1845 OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
219 Philippine green pigeon Treron axillaris (Bonaparte, 1855) OR: Philippines
220 Buru green pigeon Treron aromaticus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) OR: Buru Island (Indonesia)
221 Thick-billed green pigeon Treron curvirostra (Gmelin, JF, 1789) OR: Nepal to Philippines and Borneo
222 Grey-cheeked green pigeon Treron griseicauda Bonaparte, 1855 OR: Sulawesi, Java, and Bali (Indonesia)
223 Sumba green pigeon Treron teysmannii Schlegel, 1879 AU: Sumba (Indonesia)
224 Flores green pigeon Treron floris Wallace, 1864 AU: Lesser Sundas
225 Timor green pigeon Treron psittaceus (Temminck, 1808) AU: Timor (Indonesia)
226 Large green pigeon Treron capellei (Temminck, 1822) OR: Malay Peninsula to Borneo and Java
227 Yellow-footed green pigeon Treron phoenicopterus (Latham, 1790) OR: Pakistan to Southeast Asia
228 Bruce's green pigeon Treron waalia (Meyer, FAA, 1793) AF, EU: Sub-Saharan belt and Arabian Peninsula
229 Madagascar green pigeon Treron australis (Linnaeus, 1771) AF: Madagascar
230 Comoro green pigeon Treron griveaudi Benson, 1960 AF: Comoros
231 African green pigeon Treron calvus (Temminck, 1811) AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
232 Pemba green pigeon Treron pembaensis Pakenham, 1940 AF: Pemba Island (Tanzania)
233 Sao Tome green pigeon Treron sanctithomae (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AF: São Tomé
234 Pin-tailed green pigeon Treron apicauda Blyth, 1846 OR: Himalayas to Southeast Asia
235 Sumatran green pigeon Treron oxyurus (Temminck, 1823) OR: Sumatra and Java
236 Yellow-vented green pigeon Treron seimundi (Robinson, 1910) OR: Laos, Vietnam, and Malay Peninsula
237 Wedge-tailed green pigeon Treron sphenurus (Vigors, 1832) OR: Himalayas to Bali and Lombok
238 White-bellied green pigeon Treron sieboldii (Temminck, 1835) EU, OR: Japan to Southeast Asia
239 Ryukyu green pigeon Treron permagnus Stejneger, 1887 OR: Ryukyu Islands of Japan
240 Taiwan green pigeon Treron formosae Swinhoe, 1863 OR: Taiwan and northern Philippines
241 Banded fruit dove Ptilinopus cinctus (Temminck, 1809) AU: Bali and Lesser Sundas
242 Black-banded fruit dove Ptilinopus alligator Collett, 1898 AU: northern Australia
243 Red-naped fruit dove Ptilinopus dohertyi Rothschild, 1896 OR: Sumba (Indonesia)
244 Pink-headed fruit dove Ptilinopus porphyreus (Temminck, 1822) OR: Sumatra and Java
245 Flame-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus marchei Oustalet, 1880 OR: Luzon (Philippines)
246 Cream-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus merrilli (McGregor, 1916) OR: northern Philippines
247 Yellow-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus occipitalis Gray, GR, 1844 OR: Philippines
248 Red-eared fruit dove Ptilinopus fischeri Brüggemann, 1876 OR: Sulawesi
249 Jambu fruit dove Ptilinopus jambu (Gmelin, JF, 1789) OR: Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas
250 Maroon-chinned fruit dove Ptilinopus subgularis Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896 AU: Banggai Islands (Indonesia)
251 Oberholser's fruit dove Ptilinopus gularis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) AU: Sulawesi
252 Sula fruit dove Ptilinopus mangoliensis Rothschild, 1898 AU: Sula Islands (Indonesia)
253 Black-chinned fruit dove Ptilinopus leclancheri (Bonaparte, 1855) OR: Philippines and Taiwan
254 Scarlet-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus bernsteinii Schlegel, 1863 AU: northern Moluccas
255 Wompoo fruit dove Ptilinopus magnificus (Temminck, 1821) AU: New Guinea and Queensland
256 Pink-spotted fruit dove Ptilinopus perlatus (Temminck, 1835) AU: New Guinea
257 Ornate fruit dove Ptilinopus ornatus Schlegel, 1871 AU: New Guinea
258 Tanna fruit dove Ptilinopus tannensis (Latham, 1790) AU: Vanuatu
259 Orange-fronted fruit dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons Gray, GR, 1858 AU: New Guinea
260 Wallace's fruit dove Ptilinopus wallacii Gray, GR, 1858 AU: Wallacea
261 Superb fruit dove Ptilinopus superbus (Temminck, 1809) AU: Moluccas, Melanesia, and northeastern Australia
262 Many-colored fruit dove Ptilinopus perousii Peale, 1849 PO: Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
263 Crimson-crowned fruit dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus (Temminck, 1821) PO: Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
264 Purple-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus ponapensis Finsch, 1878 PO: Chuuk and Pohnpei (Caroline Islands)
265 Kosrae fruit dove Ptilinopus hernsheimi Finsch, 1880 PO: Kosrae (Caroline Islands)
266 Palau fruit dove Ptilinopus pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868 PO: Palau
267 Lilac-crowned fruit dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871 PO: Cook Islands
268 Mariana fruit dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla (Lesson, RP, 1831) PO: Guam and northern Marianas
269 Rose-crowned fruit dove Ptilinopus regina Swainson, 1825 AU: Lesser Sundas and Australia
270 Silver-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus richardsii Ramsay, EP, 1882 AU: Solomon Islands
271 Raiatea fruit-dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster Gray, GR, 1854 PO: western Society Islands
272 Grey-green fruit dove Ptilinopus purpuratus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) PO: eastern Society Islands
273 Makatea fruit dove Ptilinopus chalcurus Gray, GR, 1860 PO: Tuamotus
274 Atoll fruit dove Ptilinopus coralensis Peale, 1849 PO: Tuamotus
275 Red-bellied fruit dove Ptilinopus greyi Bonaparte, 1857 AU: Solomon Islands to New Caledonia
276 Rapa fruit dove Ptilinopus huttoni Finsch, 1874 PO: Rapa Iti
277 White-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii (Néboux, 1840) PO: Marquesas Islands
278 Red-moustached fruit dove Ptilinopus mercierii (des Murs & Prévost, 1849) (extinct) PO: Marquesas Islands
279 Henderson fruit dove Ptilinopus insularis North, 1908 PO: Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands)
280 Coroneted fruit dove Ptilinopus coronulatus Gray, GR, 1858 AU: New Guinea
281 Beautiful fruit dove Ptilinopus pulchellus (Temminck, 1835) AU: New Guinea
282 Blue-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus monacha (Temminck, 1824) AU: northern Moluccas
283 White-bibbed fruit dove Ptilinopus rivoli (Prévost, 1843) AU: Moluccas to Bismarck Archipelago
284 Geelvink fruit dove Ptilinopus speciosus Schlegel, 1871 AU: islands in Geelvink Bay, New Guinea
285 Yellow-bibbed fruit dove Ptilinopus solomonensis Gray, GR, 1870 AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and New Britain
286 Claret-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus viridis (Linnaeus, 1766) AU: Moluccas, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
287 White-headed fruit dove Ptilinopus eugeniae (Gould, 1856) AU: Makira and neighboring islands (Solomon Islands)
288 Orange-bellied fruit dove Ptilinopus iozonus Gray, GR, 1858 AU: New Guinea
289 Knob-billed fruit dove Ptilinopus insolitus Schlegel, 1863 AU: Bismarck Archipelago
290 Grey-headed fruit dove Ptilinopus hyogastrus (Temminck, 1824) AU: northern Moluccas
291 Carunculated fruit dove Ptilinopus granulifrons Hartert, EJO, 1898 AU: central Moluccas
292 Black-naped fruit dove Ptilinopus melanospilus (Salvadori, 1875) OR, AU: Philippines to Sulawesi and Bali
293 Dwarf fruit dove Ptilinopus nainus (Temminck, 1835) AU: New Guinea
294 Negros fruit dove Ptilinopus arcanus Ripley & Rabor, 1955 OR: Negros (Philippines)
295 Orange dove Ptilinopus victor (Gould, 1872) PO: Fiji
296 Golden dove Ptilinopus luteovirens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) PO: Fiji
297 Whistling dove Ptilinopus layardi Elliot, DG, 1878 PO: Fiji
298 Cloven-feathered dove Drepanoptila holosericea (Temminck, 1809) AU: New Caledonia
299 Mauritius blue pigeon Alectroenas nitidissima (Scopoli, 1786) (extinct) IO: Mauritius Island
300 Madagascar blue pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) AF: Madagascar
301 Comoro blue pigeon Alectroenas sganzini (Bonaparte, 1854) AF: Comoros and Aldabra
302 Seychelles blue pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrimus (Scopoli, 1786) AF: Seychelles
303 Pink-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula poliocephala (Gray, GR, 1844) OR: Philippines
304 White-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula forsteni (Bonaparte, 1854) AU: Sulawesi
305 Mindoro imperial pigeon Ducula mindorensis (Whitehead, J, 1896) OR, EU: Mindoro (Philippines)
306 Grey-headed imperial pigeon Ducula radiata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) AU: Sulawesi
307 Spotted imperial pigeon Ducula carola (Bonaparte, 1854) OR: Philippines
308 Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea (Linnaeus, 1766) OR: India to Philippines, Borneo, and Lesser Sundas
309 Enggano imperial pigeon Ducula oenothorax (Salvadori, 1892) OR : Enggano (w of s Sumatra)
310 Nicobar imperial pigeon Ducula nicobarica (Pelzeln, 1865) OR: Nicobar Islands
311 Spectacled imperial pigeon Ducula perspicillata (Temminck, 1824) AU: Moluccas
312 Seram imperial pigeon Ducula neglecta (Schlegel, 1866) AU: Seram Island
313 Elegant imperial pigeon Ducula concinna (Wallace, 1865) AU: Wallacea
314 Pacific imperial pigeon Ducula pacifica (Gmelin, JF, 1789) PO: Bismarck Archipelago to Cook Islands
315 Micronesian imperial pigeon Ducula oceanica (Desmarest, 1826) PO: Micronesia
316 Polynesian imperial pigeon Ducula aurorae (Peale, 1849) PO: French Polynesia
317 Nuku Hiva imperial pigeon Ducula galeata (Bonaparte, 1855) PO: Nuku Hiva
318 Red-knobbed imperial pigeon Ducula rubricera (Bonaparte, 1854) AU: Bismark Archipelago and Solomon Islands
319 Spice imperial pigeon Ducula myristicivora (Scopoli, 1786) AU: Widi Island (northeast Moluccas) and western Papuan islands
320 Geelvink imperial pigeon Ducula geelvinkiana (Schlegel, 1873) AU: islands in Geelvink Bay, New Guinea
321 Purple-tailed imperial pigeon Ducula rufigaster (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) AU: New Guinea
322 Cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula basilica Bonaparte, 1854 AU: Moluccas
323 Finsch's imperial pigeon Ducula finschii (Ramsay, EP, 1882) AU: Bismark Archipelago
324 Rufescent imperial pigeon Ducula chalconota (Salvadori, 1874) AU: New Guinea
325 Island imperial pigeon Ducula pistrinaria Bonaparte, 1855 AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
326 Pink-headed imperial pigeon Ducula rosacea (Temminck, 1836) AU: Lesser Sundas
327 Christmas imperial pigeon Ducula whartoni (Sharpe, 1887) OR: Christmas Island
328 Grey imperial pigeon Ducula pickeringii (Cassin, 1855) OR: Borneo to Philippines
329 Barking imperial pigeon Ducula latrans (Peale, 1849) PO: Fiji
330 Chestnut-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula brenchleyi (Gray, GR, 1870) AU: Solomon Islands
331 Vanuatu imperial pigeon Ducula bakeri (Kinnear, 1928) AU: Vanuatu
332 Goliath imperial pigeon Ducula goliath (Gray, GR, 1859) AU: New Caledonia
333 Pinon's imperial pigeon Ducula pinon (Gaimard, 1823) AU: New Guinea
334 Black imperial pigeon Ducula melanochroa (Sclater, PL, 1878) AU: Bismarck Archipelago
335 Collared imperial pigeon Ducula mullerii (Temminck, 1835) AU: Aru Islands and New Guinea
336 Zoe's imperial pigeon Ducula zoeae (Desmarest, 1826) AU: New Guinea
337 Malabar imperial pigeon Ducula cuprea (Jerdon, 1840) OR: southwestern India
338 Mountain imperial pigeon Ducula badia (Raffles, 1822) OR: Himalayas to Java
339 Dark-backed imperial pigeon Ducula lacernulata (Temminck, 1822) OR, AU: Java and Lesser Sundas
340 Timor imperial pigeon Ducula cineracea (Temminck, 1835) AU: Timor and Wetar
341 Pied imperial pigeon Ducula bicolor (Scopoli, 1786) OR: Southeast Asia to Philippines and New Guinea
342 Silver-tipped imperial pigeon Ducula luctuosa (Temminck, 1824) OR: Sulawesi
343 Torresian imperial pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa (Gray, GR, 1858) AU: Aru Islands, New Guinea, and Torres Strait Islands
and northern Australia
344 Yellowish imperial pigeon Ducula subflavescens (Finsch, 1886) AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands
345 Topknot pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus (Shaw, 1793) AU: eastern Australia
346 New Zealand pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AU: New Zealand
347 Chatham Islands pigeon Hemiphaga chathamensis (Rothschild, 1891) AU: Chatham Island
348 Sombre pigeon Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa (Brüggemann, 1876) AU: Sulawesi
349 Papuan mountain pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii Salvadori, 1874 AU: Bacan Islands, New Guinea, and Bismarck Archipelago
350 Buru mountain pigeon Gymnophaps mada (Hartert, EJO, 1899) AU: Buru Island (Indonesia)
351 Seram mountain pigeon Gymnophaps stalkeri (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) AU: Seram Island (Indonesia)
352 Pale mountain pigeon Gymnophaps solomonensis Mayr, 1931 AU: Solomon Islands

References

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  1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2024). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List. v 14.2. Retrieved August 20, 2024.