Columbinae
| Columbinae | |
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| Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) with plumage pattern of S. c. tigrina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Columbinae Leach, 1820 |
| Genera | |
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many, see text | |
Columbinae is a subfamily of birds from the family Columbidae. Otherwise, four genera Geotrygon, Leptotila, Starnoenas and Zenaida form subfamily Leptotilinae.
Genera
- Caloenas
- Chalcophaps
- Claravis
- Columba
- Columbina
- Gallicolumba
- Geopelia
- Geophaps
- Geotrygon
- Henicophaps
- Leptotila
- Leucosarcia
- Macropygia
- Metriopelia
- Nesoenas
- Ocyphaps
- Oena
- Patagioenas
- Petrophassa
- Phaps
- Reinwardtoena
- Spilopelia
- Starnoenas
- Streptopelia
- Trugon
- Turacoena
- Turtur
- Uropelia
- Zenaida
Including three extinct monotypic genera:
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Columbinae |
Banks, R.C. et al. (2013). Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini). Zootaxa, 3669(2): 184-188. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.11 reference page
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