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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Nicobar Imperial PigeonDucula nicobarica (Pelzeln, 1865) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Micronesian Imperial PigeonDucula oceanica (Desmarest, 1826) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific Imperial PigeonDucula pacifica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spectacled Imperial PigeonDucula perspicillata (Temminck, 1824) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey Imperial PigeonDucula pickeringii (Cassin, 1855) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pinon's Imperial PigeonDucula pinon (Gaimard, 1823) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pink-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula poliocephala (G. R. Gray, 1844) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-knobbed Imperial PigeonDucula rubricera (Bonaparte, 1854) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Torresian Imperial PigeonDucula spilorrhoa (G. R. Gray, 1858) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Christmas Imperial PigeonDucula whartoni (Sharpe, 1887) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zoe's Imperial PigeonDucula zoeae (Desmarest, 1826) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Luzon Bleeding-heartGallicolumba luzonica (Scopoli, 1786) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindoro Bleeding-heartGallicolumba platenae (Salvadori, 1893) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Ground DoveGallicolumba tristigmata (Bonaparte, 1855) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata (Latham, 1801) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barred DoveGeopelia maugeus (Temminck, 1809) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peaceful DoveGeopelia placida Gould, 1844 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zebra DoveGeopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spinifex PigeonGeophaps plumifera Gould, 1842 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Squatter PigeonGeophaps scripta (Temminck, 1821) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Partridge PigeonGeophaps smithii (Jardine & Selby, 1830) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon caniceps (Gundlach, 1852) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia Bonaparte, 1855 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon leucometopia (Chapman, 1917) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea (Temminck, 1811) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurata (Salvin, 1878) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sapphire Quail-DoveGeotrygon saphirina Bonaparte, 1855 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolor (Lafresnaye, 1846) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violacea (Temminck, 1809) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Crowned PigeonGoura cristata (Pallas, 1764) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scheepmaker's Crowned PigeonGoura scheepmakeri Finsch, 1876 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclater's Crowned PigeonGoura sclaterii Salvadori, 1876 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Victoria Crowned PigeonGoura victoria (Fraser, 1844) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papuan Mountain PigeonGymnophaps albertisii Salvadori, 1874 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buru Mountain PigeonGymnophaps mada (Hartert, 1899) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale Mountain PigeonGymnophaps solomonensis Mayr, 1931 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seram Mountain PigeonGymnophaps stalkeri (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chatham Islands PigeonHemiphaga chathamensis (Rothschild, 1891) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Azuero DoveLeptotila battyi Rothschild, 1901 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveri Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1943 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caribbean DoveLeptotila jamaicensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yungas DoveLeptotila megalura P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1879 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ochre-bellied DoveLeptotila ochraceiventris Chapman, 1914 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallid DoveLeptotila pallida von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-headed DoveLeptotila plumbeiceps P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-fronted DoveLeptotila rufaxilla (Richard & Bernard, 1792) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi Bonaparte, 1855 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.