Columbidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Columbiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Columbimorphae Ordo: Columbiformes

Familia: Columbidae
Genera: Alectroenas – Caloenas – Chalcophaps – Claravis – Columba – Columbina – Cryptophaps – Didunculus – Drepanoptila – Ducula – Gallicolumba – Geopelia – Geophaps – Geotrygon – Goura – Gymnophaps – Hemiphaga – Henicophaps – Leptotila – Leptotrygon – Leucosarcia – Lopholaimus – Macropygia – Metriopelia – Nesoenas – Ocyphaps – Oena – Otidiphaps – Pampusana – Paraclaravis – Patagioenas – Petrophassa – Phapitreron – Phaps – Ptilinopus – Reinwardtoena – Spilopelia – Starnoenas – Streptopelia – Treron – Trugon – Turacoena – Turtur – Uropelia – Zenaida – Zentrygon

Genera extincta: †Bountyphaps – †Dysmoropelia – †Ectopistes – †Microgoura – †Natunaornis – †Pezophaps – †Primophaps – †Raphus – †Rupephaps – †Tongoenas

Name

Columbidae Leach, 1820

Synonymy

Raphidae Wetmore, 1930

References

Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1820. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum: Eleventh Room. British Museum. London. 17th edition: 65–70. (Although the name of the author is not specified in the document, Leach was the Keeper of Zoology at the time). BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.144385 Reference page. 68

References

Hume, J.P. 2011. Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa 3124: 1–62. Preview (PDF). ISBN 978-1-86977-825-5 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-826-2 (online edition)
Sangster, G., Sweet, A.D. & Johnson, K.P. 2018. Paraclaravis, a new genus for the Purple-winged and Maroon-chested Ground-doves (Aves: Columbidae). Zootaxa 4461(1): 134–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.10 Reference page.
Steadman, D.W. & Takano, O.M. 2020. A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves, Columbidae) from the Kingdom of Tonga, with an evaluation of hindlimb osteology of columbids from Oceania. Zootaxa 4810(3): 401–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.1 Reference page.

Vernacular names

ak: Abuburo
asturianu: Palomba
অসমীয়া: পাৰ চৰাই
беларуская: Галубіныя
বাংলা: কলাম্বিডি
čeština: Holubovití
Cymraeg: Colomen
dansk: Duer
Deutsch: Tauben
Ελληνικά: Περιστέρια
English: Pigeons and Doves
Esperanto: Kolombedoj
español: Paloma
eesti: Tuvilased
suomi: Kyyhkyt
Nordfriisk: Düüwen
français: Pigeon
עברית: יוניים
हिन्दी: कबूतर
hrvatski: Golubovi
magyar: Galamb
հայերեն: Աղավնիներ
Ido: Kolombo
日本語: 鳩
ქართული: მტრედისებრნი
한국어: 비둘기
lietuvių: Karveliniai
македонски: Гулаби
Nederlands: Duiven en tortels
norsk nynorsk: Due
norsk: Due
Diné bizaad: Hasbídí
polski: Gołębiowate
português: Pombos
русский: Голубиные
svenska: Duvor
தமிழ்: புறா
ไทย: นกเขา
Türkçe: Güvercingiller
中文: 鸠鸽科