THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Columbidae · Clear filter
279 records · page 1 of 6
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascar Blue PigeonAlectroenas madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mauritius Blue PigeonAlectroenas nitidissimus (Scopoli, 1786) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Spotted Green PigeonCaloenas maculata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Pérez, 1886) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-naped PigeonColumba albinucha Sassi, 1911 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| White-collared PigeonColumba albitorques Rüppell, 1837 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix Temminck, 1808 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Nilgiri Wood PigeonColumba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Yellow-eyed PigeonColumba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speckled Wood PigeonColumba hodgsonii Vigors, 1832 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques Cassin, 1856 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laurel PigeonColumba junoniae Hartert, 1916 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| White-headed PigeonColumba leucomela Temminck, 1821 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stock DoveColumba oenas Linnaeus, 1758 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-legged PigeonColumba pallidiceps (E. P. Ramsay, 1878) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andaman Wood PigeonColumba palumboides (Hume, 1873) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cameroon Olive PigeonColumba sjostedti Reichenow, 1901 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Trocaz PigeonColumba trocaz Heineken, 1829 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Ecuadorian Ground DoveColumbina buckleyi (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1877) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Croaking Ground DoveColumbina cruziana (Prévost, 1842) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-eyed Ground DoveColumbina cyanopis (Pelzeln, 1870) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Inca DoveColumbina inca (R. Lesson, 1847) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain-breasted Ground DoveColumbina minuta (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui (Temminck, 1813) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cloven-feathered DoveDrepanoptila holosericea (Temminck, 1809) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Polynesian Imperial PigeonDucula aurorae (Peale, 1849) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Imperial PigeonDucula badia (Raffles, 1822) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vanuatu Imperial PigeonDucula bakeri (Kinnear, 1928) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon Imperial PigeonDucula basilica Bonaparte, 1854 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pied Imperial PigeonDucula bicolor (Scopoli, 1786) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula brenchleyi (G. R. Gray, 1870) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted Imperial PigeonDucula carola (Bonaparte, 1854) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Timor Imperial PigeonDucula cineracea (Temminck, 1835) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant Imperial PigeonDucula concinna (Wallace, 1865) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Finsch's Imperial PigeonDucula finschii (E. P. Ramsay, 1882) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula forsteni (Bonaparte, 1854) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nuku Hiva Imperial PigeonDucula galeata (Bonaparte, 1855) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geelvink Imperial PigeonDucula geelvinkiana (Schlegel, 1873) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goliath Imperial PigeonDucula goliath (G. R. Gray, 1859) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark-backed Imperial PigeonDucula lacernulata (Temminck, 1822) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barking Imperial PigeonDucula latrans (Peale, 1849) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver-tipped Imperial PigeonDucula luctuosa (Temminck, 1824) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Imperial PigeonDucula melanochroa (P. L. Sclater, 1878) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindoro Imperial PigeonDucula mindorensis (J. Whitehead, 1896) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared Imperial PigeonDucula mullerii (Temminck, 1835) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spice Imperial PigeonDucula myristicivora (Scopoli, 1786) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seram Imperial PigeonDucula neglecta (Schlegel, 1866) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.