List of Columbidae genera

This page is a list of the genera of pigeons and doves (the family Columbidae), which are a clade of bird species of cosmopolitan distribution. The group has 310 living species.^[1]

Species

Subfamily Columbinae (typical pigeons and doves)

• Genus Columba including Aplopelia – Old World pigeons (33–34 living species, 2–3 recently extinct)
• Genus Streptopelia including Spilopelia and Nesoenas – turtledoves (14–18 living species)
• Genus Patagioenas – American pigeons; formerly in Columba (17 species)
• Genus Ectopistes – passenger pigeon; formerly Leptotilinae (extinct 1914)
• Genus Macropygia (10 species)
• Genus Reinwardtoena (3 species)
• Genus Turacoena (2 species)

Subfamily N.N. (bronzewings and relatives)

• Genus Turtur – African wood doves (5 species; tentatively placed here)
• Genus Oena – Namaqua dove (tentatively placed here)
• Genus Chalcophaps (2 species)
• Genus Henicophaps (2 species)
• Genus Phaps (3 species)
• Genus Ocyphaps – crested pigeon
• Genus Geophaps (3 species)
• Genus Petrophassa – rock pigeons (2 species)
• Genus Geopelia (3–5 species)

Subfamily Leptotilinae (Zenaidine and quail-doves)

• Genus Zenaida (7 species)
• Genus Zentrygon (8 species)
• Genus Leptotrygon – olive-backed quail-dove
• Genus Leptotila (11 species)
• Genus Geotrygon – quail-doves (10 species)
• Genus Starnoenas – blue-headed quail-dove

Subfamily Columbininae (American ground doves)

• Genus Columbina (7 species + 2 often separated in Scardafella)
• Genus Claravis (3 species)
• Genus Metriopelia (4 species)
• Genus Uropelia – long-tailed ground dove

Subfamily N.N. (Indopacific ground doves)

• Genus Gallicolumba (16–17 living species, 3–4 recently extinct)
• Genus Trugon – thick-billed ground pigeon

Subfamily Otidiphabinae (pheasant pigeon)

• Genus Otidiphaps
  • Otidiphaps nobilis, pheasant pigeon

Subfamily Didunculinae (tooth-billed pigeon)

• Genus Didunculus
  • Didunculus strigirostris, tooth-billed pigeon

Subfamily Gourinae (crowned pigeons)

• Genus Goura (3 species)

Subfamily N.N. ("Treroninae") (green and fruit doves and imperial pigeons)

• Genus Ducula – imperial pigeons (36 species)
• Genus Lopholaimus – topknot pigeon
• Genus Hemiphaga (2 species)
• Genus Cryptophaps – sombre pigeon
• Genus Gymnophaps – mountain pigeons (3 species)
• Genus Ptilinopus – fruit doves (some 50 living species, 1–2 recently extinct)
• Genus Natunaornis – Viti Levu giant pigeon (prehistoric)
• Genus Drepanoptila – cloven-feathered dove
• Genus Alectroenas – blue pigeons (3 living species)

Subfamily Raphinae (didines)

• Genus Raphus – dodo (extinct late 17th century)
• Genus Pezophaps – Rodrigues solitaire (extinct c. 1730)

Placement unresolved

• Genus Caloenas – Nicobar pigeon
• Genus Treron – green pigeons (23 species)
• Genus Phapitreron – brown doves (3 species)
• Genus Leucosarcia – wonga pigeon
• Genus Microgoura – Choiseul crested pigeon (extinct early 20th century)
• Genus Dysmoropelia – Saint Helena dove (extinct)
• Genus Bountyphaps – Henderson Island archaic pigeon (prehistoric)

References

1. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (1997). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-22-9.