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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsi (Lawrence, 1884) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive-backed Quail-DoveLeptotrygon veraguensis (Lawrence, 1866) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Topknot PigeonLopholaimus antarcticus (Shaw, 1794) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amboyna Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enggano Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia cinnamomea Salvadori, 1892 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sultan's Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia doreya Bonaparte, 1854 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruddy Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia emiliana Bonaparte, 1854 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flores Sea Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia macassariensis Wallace, 1865 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spot-breasted Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia mackinlayi E. P. Ramsay, 1878 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bar-necked Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia magna Wallace, 1864 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barusan Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia modiglianii Salvadori, 1887 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bar-tailed Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia nigrirostris Salvadori, 1876 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia phasianella (Temminck, 1821) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia ruficeps (Temminck, 1835) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andaman Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia rufipennis Blyth, 1846 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tanimbar Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia timorlaoensis A. B. Meyer, 1884 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barred Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia unchall (Wagler, 1827) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-faced Ground DoveMetriopelia ceciliae (R. Lesson, 1845) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moreno's Ground DoveMetriopelia morenoi (Sharpe, 1902) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Choiseul PigeonMicrogoura meeki Rothschild, 1904 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Pink PigeonNesoenas mayeri (Prévost, 1843) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus (Temminck, 1813) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rodrigues PigeonNesoenas rodericanus (Milne-Edwards, 1873) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Namaqua DoveOena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pheasant PigeonOtidiphaps nobilis Gould, 1870 | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bronze Ground DovePampusana beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palau Ground DovePampusana canifrons (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Polynesian Ground DovePampusana erythroptera (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tanna Ground DovePampusana ferruginea (J. R. Forster, 1844) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Wetar Ground DovePampusana hoedtii (Schlegel, 1871) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-breasted Ground DovePampusana jobiensis (A. B. Meyer, 1875) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted Ground DovePampusana kubaryi (Finsch, 1880) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Norfolk Ground DovePampusana norfolkensis (Forshaw, 2015) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Marquesan Ground DovePampusana rubescens (Vieillot, 1818) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thick-billed Ground DovePampusana salamonis (E. P. Ramsay, 1882) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Santa Cruz Ground DovePampusana sanctaecrucis (Mayr, 1935) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shy Ground DovePampusana stairi (G. R. Gray, 1856) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated Ground DovePampusana xanthonura (Temminck, 1823) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple-winged Ground DoveParaclaravis godefrida (Temminck, 1811) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetoura (Bonaparte, 1856) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean PigeonPatagioenas araucana (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaea (Jacquin, 1784) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis (Bonnaterre, 1792) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis (Jacquin, 1784) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata (Say, 1822) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris (Wagler, 1831) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky PigeonPatagioenas goodsoni (Hartert, 1902) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornata (Vigors, 1827) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) | 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.