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Dove Genera of the World Cinnamon Ground Dove or Golden Heart Dove Gallicolumba rufigula Photograph used with permission of Crimson, Hong Kong The intent of this page is to show a wide range of the doves species by displaying a photograph of one or more species for each pigeon/dove genus   This page was started after an aviculturist in Hong Kong known as Crimson gave me permission to use photographs that he posted on the Pigeon-Dove mailing list in 1999 and 2000.  There was always a question about some of the species, but once the Gibbs, Barnes, and Cox book was available I believe all species have correctly identified.  Since that time additional photographs were obtained from various sources and this page now includes 45 species that are representatives of 17 of the 41 pigeon/dove genera. About doves and pigeons:  Birds called doves and birds called pigeons all belong to the Columbidae family of birds.  Birds called doves are usually smaller in size and birds called pigeons are usually larger in size. I would like to note that I am always looking for photographs and and the photographer's permission to use them so I can come closer to completing this collection. The genera are in the order presented in the book "Pigeons and Doves of the World"  by David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes, and John Cox that was published in 2001. Please understand that this is a long page that contains many photographs, thus loading will take a few minutes. Photo credits for all species displayed here are listed at the bottom of the chart.  Permission to use any of these photos must be obtained from the photographer. THE GENERA, RANGE, AND SOME REPRESENTATIVE SPECIES OF THE COLUMBIDAE FAMILY OF BIRDS  Genus, Descriptive Name, and Range Number of Species Representative Species Common Name and Scientific Name Photograph 1 Columba Rock Pigeons, Wood Pigeons World Wide 54 Rock Dove C. livia   Common Wood Pigeon C. palumbus Pale Capped Pigeon C. punicea   White Crowned Pigeon C. leucocephala   Band Tailed Pigeon C. fasciata   Red Billed Pigeon C. flavirostris   2 Streptopelia Collared Doves Europe, Africa, Asia  15 Spotted Dove S. chinensis   European Collared Dove S. delcaocto   African Collared Dove, Barbary Dove S. roseogrisa S.roseogrisa var risora   3 Macropygia Cuckoo Doves  Asia, Australia 10 Little Cuckoo Dove M. ruficeps 4 Reinwardtoena Cuckoo Doves East Indies   3   5 Turacoena Cuckoo Doves East Indies   2 Black cuckoo dove Turacoena modesta   6 Turtur Wood Doves Africa   5     7 Oena Cape Dove Africa 1  Cape Dove Oena capensis 8 Chalcophaps Emerald Doves Asia, Australia 2  Emerald Dove C. indica 9 Henicophaps Bronzewing Doves East Indies   2   10 Phaps Bronzewing Doves Australia   3   11 Geophaps Bronzewing Doves Australia   4   12 Petrophassa Bronzewing Doves Australia   2   13 Geopelia Australian Turtle Doves Asia, Australia 5 Diamond Dove G. cuneata  Zebra Dove G. striata Barred Dove G. maugei Peaceful Dove G. placadia Bar Shouldered Dove G. humeralis 14 Leucosarcia Wonga Pigeon Australia   1  Wonga Pigeon L. melanoleuca   15 Ectopistes Passenger Pigeon North America   1 Passenger Pigeon E. migratorius Extinct   16 Zenaida Zenaida Doves North, Central, and South America 7 Mourning Dove Z. macroura White Winged Dove Z. asiatica   17 Scardafella New World Ground Doves North, Central, and South America   2 Inca Dove S. inca     Scaled Dove C.squammata       18 Columbina New World Ground Doves North, Central, and South America   7 Common Ground Dove C. passerina     Rudy Ground Dove C. talpacoti   19 Claravis Ground Doves Central and South America   3   20 Metriopelia High Altitude Ground Doves South America  (Andes Mountains)   4   21 Uropelia Long Tailed Ground Dove  South America  (Brazil)   1 Long Tailed Ground Dove  U. campestris   22 Leptotila Rio Grande Valley - Texas, Central and South America    11 White Tipped Dove  L. verreauxi 23 Geotrygon Quail Dove Central and South America    17   24 Starnoenas Blue Headed Quail Dove Cuba   1 Blue Headed Quail Dove S. cyanocephala (Endangered)   25 Caloenas East Indies   2  Nicobar Pigeon C. nicobarica 26 Gallicolumbia Ground Doves East Indies, Philippines, Pacific Islands  20 Cinnamon Ground Dove G. rufigula Bleeding Heart Dove G. luzonica 27 Trugon Thick Billed Ground Pigeon East Indies   1 Thick Billed Ground Pigeon T. terrestris   28 Microgoura Choiseul Pigeon East Indies   1 Choiseul Pigeon M. meeki   29 Otidiphaps Pheasant Pigeon East Indies 1 Pheasant Pigeon O. nobilis 30 Phapitreron Brown Doves Philippines   3   31 Treron Green Pigeons Africa, Asia   23 Green Tailed Pigeon T. apicauda 32 Ptilinopus Fruit Doves Asia, Australia 51 Pink Headed Fruit Dove P. porphyreus   Black backed Fruit Dove P. cinctus Jambu Fruit Dove P.jambu Pink Spotted Fruit Dove P. perlatus Wompoo Fruit Dove P. magnificus   Ornate Fruit Dove P. ornatus     Orange Fronted Fruit Dove P. aurantiifrons Superb Fruit Dove P. superbus       Beautiful Fruit Dove P. pulchellus Orange Bellied Fruit Dove P. iozonus   33 Depanoptila Clover  Feathered Dove Pacific Islands   1 Clover  Feathered Dove D.holosericea   34 Alectroenas Blue Pigeons Madagascar, Indian Ocean Islands   4   35 Ducula Imperial Pigeons Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands 36 Green Imperial Pigeon D. aenea   Pink Headed Imperial Pigeon D. rosacea Pinon Imperial Pigeon D. pinon Pied Imperial Pigeon D. bicolor   36 Lopholaimus Topknot Pigeon Australia   1 Topknot Pigeon L. antarclicus   37 Hemiphaga New Zealand Pigeon New Zealand   1 New Zealand Pigeon H. novaeseelandiae   38 Cryptophaps Sombre Pigeon Celebes   1 Sombre Pigeon C. poecilorrhoa   39 Gymnophaps Mountain Pigeons East Indies   3   40 Goura Crowned Pigeons East Indies   3   41 Didunculus Tooth-billed pigeon Pacific Islands (Samoa)   1 Tooth-billed pigeon D. Strigirostris       Photo Credits Gallicolumba rufigula - Crimson, Hong Kong 1 Columba livia - Helen White, Tallahassee FL USA 1 Columba palumbus - Melissa A. Nashat, Copenhagen, Denmark  1 Columba punicea - Crimson, Hong Kong 1 Columba  leucocephala - Larry Manfredi - http://www.southfloridabirding.com 1 Columba fasciata - David Keenan, San Jose, California 1 Columba flavirostris -  - Richard L. Garrigues 2 Streptopelia chinensis - K.W.Bridges, University of Hawaii 2 Streptopelia decaocto - Jeremy Lee, http://www.uknature.co.uk 2 Streptopelia roseogrisa - Helen White, Tampa FL USA 3 Macropygia_ruficeps  - Crimson, Hong Kong 5 Turacoena modesta - Neville Kemp, UK/Indonesia 7 Oena capensis - Crimson, Hong Kong 8 Chalcophaps indica - Crimson, Hong Kong 13 Geopelia cuneata - Helen White 13 Geopelia striata  - Helen White 13 Geopelia maugei - Neville Kemp, UK/Indonesia 13 Geopelia placida - Philip Hamilton, Australia 13 Geopelia humeralis - David Armbrust, Australia - http://www.anhs.com.au 15 Ectopistes migratorius - Angelica Maria White, New York, USA 16 Zenaida_macroura - Gary Friedman 16 Zenadia asiatica - Robert Schantz - Arizona, USA 17 Scardafella inca - John Boyd, http://jboyd.net/. 17 Scardafella squammata -  John Boyd, http://jboyd.net/. 18 Columbina passerina - Don DesJardin, Florida, USA 18 Columbina talpacoti - John Boyd, http://jboyd.net/ 22 Leptotila verreauxi - John Boyd, http://jboyd.net/. 25 Caloenas nicobarcia - Helen White 26 Gallicolumba_rufigula - Crimson, Hong Kong 26 Gallicolulmba_luzonica - Helen White 29 Otidiphaps_nobilis - Crimson, Hong Kong 31 Treron_apicauda - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_porphyreus - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_cinctus - Neville Kemp, UK/Indonesia 32 Ptilinopus_jambu - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_magnificus - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_perlatus - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_ornatus - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_aurantiifrons - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_superbus - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_pulchellus - Crimson, Hong Kong 32 Ptilinopus_iozonus - Crimson, Hong Kong 35 Ducula_aenea - Crimson, Hong Kong 35 Ducula_rosacea - Neville Kemp. UK/Indonesia 35 Ducula_pinon - Crimson, Hong Kong 35 Ducula_bicolor - Crimson, Hong Kong   ©2006 - Helen White Helen White P. O. Box 367, Tallahassee, FL 32302-0367   Last revised on: July 4, 2006