Columbinae Explained

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 – wonga pigeon
• Macropygia
• Metriopelia
• Nesoenas
• Ocyphaps – crested pigeon
• Oena – Namaqua dove
• Patagioenas
• Petrophassa
• Phaps
• Reinwardtoena
• Spilopelia
• Starnoenas – blue-headed quail-dove
• Streptopelia
• Trugon – thick-billed ground pigeon
• Turacoena
• Turtur
• Uropelia – long-tailed ground dove
• Zenaida

Including four extinct monotypic genera:

• †Arenicolumba
• †Dysmoropelia
• †Ectopistes
• †Microgoura

References

• Banks . R.C. . Weckstein . J.D. . Remsen Jr . J.V. . Johnson . K.P. . 2013 . Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini) . Zootaxa . 3669 . 2 . 184–188 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.11 .