List of wild pigeon species explained

The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves. They are distributed among 50 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial. It includes 13 extinct species.[1] For a list of domesticated varieties, see List of pigeon breeds.

The IOC breeding range descriptions use the following abbreviations for continents and other major geographic areas.

data-sort-type="number" IOC sequence!Common nameBinomial name + authorityRangeImage
1Rock doveColumba livia Gmelin, JF, 1789Worldwide - widespread
2Hill pigeonColumba rupestris Pallas, 1811EU: China, Himalayas, and Central Asia
3Snow pigeonColumba leuconota Vigors, 1831EU: Altay, Tian Shan, Himalayas, and Central China
4Speckled pigeonColumba guinea Linnaeus, 1758AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
5White-collared pigeonColumba albitorques Rüppell, 1837AF: Eritrea and Ethiopia
6Stock doveColumba oenas Linnaeus, 1758EU: Europe and central Asia
7Yellow-eyed pigeonColumba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856EU: Central Asia and western China
8Somali pigeonColumba oliviae Clarke, S, 1918AF: northeastern Somalia
9Common wood pigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758EU: Europe to China
10Trocaz pigeonColumba trocaz Heineken, 1829AF: Madeira
11Bolle's pigeonColumba bollii Godman, 1872AF: Canary Islands
12Laurel pigeonColumba junoniae Hartert, EJO, 1916AF: Canary Islands
13Afep pigeonColumba unicincta Cassin, 1860AF: Equatorial Africa
14African olive pigeonColumba arquatrix Temminck, 1808AF: mainly eastern and southern Africa
15Cameroon olive pigeonColumba sjostedti Reichenow, 1901AF: western Cameroon and eastern Nigeria
16Sao Tome olive pigeonColumba thomensis Barboza du Bocage, 1888AF: São Tomé
17Comoro olive pigeonColumba pollenii Schlegel, 1865AF: Comoros
18Speckled wood pigeonColumba hodgsonii Vigors, 1832OR: Himalayas, Myanmar, and Central China
19White-naped pigeonColumba albinucha Sassi, 1911AF: Central Africa and Albertine Rift
20Ashy wood pigeonColumba pulchricollis Blyth, 1846OR: Eastern Himalaya, Yunnan, Myanmar, and Taiwan
21Nilgiri wood pigeonColumba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832)OR: Western Ghats (India)
22Sri Lanka wood pigeonColumba torringtoniae (Kelaart, 1853)OR: Sri Lanka
23Pale-capped pigeonColumba punicea Blyth, 1842OR: northeast India through southeast Asia
24Silvery pigeonColumba argentina Bonaparte, 1855 (possibly extinct)OR: western Malaysia
25Andaman wood pigeonColumba palumboides (Hume, 1873)OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
26Japanese wood pigeonColumba janthina Temminck, 1830EU: East China Sea
27Bonin wood pigeonColumba versicolor Kittlitz, 1832 (extinct)EU: Bonin Islands
28Ryukyu wood pigeonColumba jouyi (Stejneger, 1887) (extinct)EU: Daitō and Okinawa Islands
29Metallic pigeonColumba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832OR, AU: Melanesia, Philippines, and Wallacea
30White-headed pigeonColumba leucomela Temminck, 1821AU: eastern Australia
31Yellow-legged pigeonColumba pallidiceps (Ramsay, EP, 1878)AU: Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos
32Eastern bronze-naped pigeonColumba delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847AF: east Africa
33Western bronze-naped pigeonColumba iriditorques Cassin, 1856AF: Equatorial Africa
34Island bronze-naped pigeonColumba malherbii Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851AF: Gulf of Guinea islands
35Lemon doveColumba larvata Temminck, 1809AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
36Passenger pigeonEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) (extinct)NA: central and eastern USA and Canada
37White-crowned pigeonPatagioenas leucocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)NA, MA: Florida, West Indies, eastern Caribbean
38Scaly-naped pigeonPatagioenas squamosa (Bonnaterre, 1792)NA: West Indies
39Scaled pigeonPatagioenas speciosa (Gmelin, JF, 1789)MA, SA: Central and South America
40Picazuro pigeonPatagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813)SA: eastern South America
41Bare-eyed pigeonPatagioenas corensis (Jacquin, 1784)SA: Colombia, Venezuela, and Netherlands Antilles
42Spot-winged pigeonPatagioenas maculosa (Temminck, 1813)SA: South America
43Band-tailed pigeonPatagioenas fasciata (Say, 1822)NA, MA, SA: western and mountainous Americas
44Chilean pigeonPatagioenas araucana (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827)SA: Chile and western Argentina
45Ring-tailed pigeonPatagioenas caribaea (Jacquin, 1784)NA: Jamaica
46Pale-vented pigeonPatagioenas cayennensis (Bonnaterre, 1792)MA, SA: Mexico into South America
47Red-billed pigeonPatagioenas flavirostris (Wagler, 1831)NA, MA: southern Texas to Costa Rica
48Maranon pigeonPatagioenas oenops (Salvin, 1895)SA: Ecuador and Peru
49Plain pigeonPatagioenas inornata (Vigors, 1827)NA: Greater Antilles
50Plumbeous pigeonPatagioenas plumbea (Vieillot, 1818)SA: Colombia to southeastern Brazil
51Ruddy pigeonPatagioenas subvinacea (Lawrence, 1868)MA, SA: southern Central and northern South America
52Short-billed pigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris (Sclater, PL, 1860)MA, SA: Mexico to Colombia
53Dusky pigeonPatagioenas goodsoni (Hartert, EJO, 1902)SA: Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
54Malagasy turtle doveNesoenas picturatus (Temminck, 1813)AF: Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius
55Rodrigues pigeonNesoenas rodericanus (Milne-Edwards, 1873) (extinct)IO: Rodrigues Island
56Pink pigeonNesoenas mayeri (Prévost, 1843)IO: Mauritius Island
57European turtle doveStreptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758)EU: primarily Europe; to North Africa and China
58Dusky turtle doveStreptopelia lugens (Rüppell, 1837)AF, EU: east Africa and Arabian Peninsula
59Adamawa turtle doveStreptopelia hypopyrrha (Reichenow, 1910)AF: West Africa
60Oriental turtle doveStreptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790)EU, OR: widespread
61Sunda collared doveStreptopelia bitorquata (Temminck, 1809)OR, AU: Java and Lesser Sundas to Timor
62Philippine collared doveStreptopelia dusumieri (Temminck, 1823)OR: Philippines and Sunda Archipeligo
63Eurasian collared doveStreptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838)EU, OR: native from Europe to China; widely introduced elsewhere
64Burmese collared doveStreptopelia xanthocycla (Newman, TH, 1906)OR: central Myanmar
65African collared doveStreptopelia roseogrisea (Sundevall, 1857)AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
66White-winged collared doveStreptopelia reichenowi (Erlanger, 1901)AF: Horn of Africa
67Mourning collared doveStreptopelia decipiens (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
68Red-eyed doveStreptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837)AF, EU: Sub-Saharan Africa and Arabian Peninsula
69Ring-necked doveStreptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857)AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Comoros
70Vinaceous doveStreptopelia vinacea (Gmelin, JF, 1789)AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
71Red collared doveStreptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann, 1804)OR: eastern and southern Asia
72Spotted doveSpilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786)OR: eastern and southern Asia
73Laughing doveSpilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)AF, EU, OR: Africa, the Middle East, and southern Asia
74Barred cuckoo-doveMacropygia unchall (Wagler, 1827)OR: eastern Himalaya, southern China, and southeast Asia
75Amboyna cuckoo-doveMacropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)AU: Moluccas to New Guinea
76Sultan's cuckoo-doveMacropygia doreya Bonaparte, 1854AU: Moluccas to New Guinea
77Ruddy cuckoo-doveMacropygia emiliana Bonaparte, 1854OR: Indonesia
78Enggano cuckoo-doveMacropygia cinnamomea Salvadori, 1892OR: Enggano Island (off western Sumatra)
79Barusan cuckoo-doveMacropygia modiglianii Salvadori, 1887OR: western Sumatran islands (except Enggano)
80Timor cuckoo-doveMacropygia magna Wallace, 1864AU: Timor and eastern Lesser Sundas
81Tanimbar cuckoo-doveMacropygia timorlaoensis Meyer, AB, 1884AU: Tanimbar Islands
82Flores Sea cuckoo-doveMacropygia macassariensis Wallace, 1865AU: Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas
83Philippine cuckoo-doveMacropygia tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854OR: Philippines
84Brown cuckoo-doveMacropygia phasianella (Temminck, 1821)AU: eastern Australia
85Andaman cuckoo-doveMacropygia rufipennis Blyth, 1846OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
86Bar-tailed cuckoo-doveMacropygia nigrirostris Salvadori, 1876AU: New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago
87Spot-breasted cuckoo-doveMacropygia mackinlayi Ramsay, EP, 1878AU: Melanesia
88Little cuckoo-doveMacropygia ruficeps (Temminck, 1835)OR: Myanmar to Lesser Sundas
89Great cuckoo-doveReinwardtoena reinwardti (Temminck, 1824)AU: Moluccas and New Guinea
90Pied cuckoo-doveReinwardtoena browni (Sclater, PL, 1877)AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands
91Crested cuckoo-doveReinwardtoena crassirostris (Gould, 1856)AU: Solomon Islands
92White-faced cuckoo-doveTuracoena manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)AU: Sulawesi
93Sula cuckoo-doveTuracoena sulaensis Forbes, HO & Robinson, 1900AU: Sula Islands and Banggai Archipelago
94Black cuckoo-doveTuracoena modesta (Temminck, 1835)AU: Lesser Sundas
95Emerald-spotted wood doveTurtur chalcospilos (Wagler, 1827)AF: eastern and southern Africa
96Black-billed wood doveTurtur abyssinicus (Sharpe, 1902)AF: Sub-Saharan belt
97Blue-spotted wood doveTurtur afer (Linnaeus, 1766)AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
98Tambourine doveTurtur tympanistria (Temminck, 1809)AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Comoros
99Blue-headed wood doveTurtur brehmeri (Hartlaub, 1865)AF: Equatorial Africa
100Namaqua doveOena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar
101Common emerald doveChalcophaps indica (Linnaeus, 1758)OR, AU: southern China to New Guinea
102Pacific emerald doveChalcophaps longirostris Gould, 1848AU: Australasia
103Stephan's emerald doveChalcophaps stephani Reichenbach, 1851AU: Sulawesi, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
104New Guinea bronzewingHenicophaps albifrons Gray, GR, 1862AU: New Guinea
105New Britain bronzewingHenicophaps foersteri Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1906AU: Bismarck Archipelago
106Common bronzewingPhaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790)AU: Australia
107Brush bronzewingPhaps elegans (Temminck, 1809)AU: southern Australia
108Flock bronzewingPhaps histrionica (Gould, 1841)AU: Australia
109Crested pigeonOcyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822)AU: Australia
110Spinifex pigeonGeophaps plumifera Gould, 1842AU: Australia
111Squatter pigeonGeophaps scripta (Temminck, 1821)AU: northeast Australia
112Partridge pigeonGeophaps smithii (Jardine & Selby, 1830)AU: northern Australia
113Thick-billed ground pigeonTrugon terrestris Gray, GR, 1849AU: New Guinea
114Wonga pigeonLeucosarcia melanoleuca (Latham, 1801)AU: eastern Australia
115Chestnut-quilled rock pigeonPetrophassa rufipennis Collett, 1898AU: northern Australia
116White-quilled rock pigeonPetrophassa albipennis Gould, 1841AU: north-western Australia
117Diamond doveGeopelia cuneata (Latham, 1801)AU: Australia
118Zebra doveGeopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766)OR: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java
119Peaceful doveGeopelia placida Gould, 1844AU: Australia and New Guinea
120Barred doveGeopelia maugeus (Temminck, 1809)AU: Lesser Sundas and Moluccas
121Bar-shouldered doveGeopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821)AU: Australia and New Guinea
122Inca doveColumbina inca (Lesson, RP, 1847)NA, MA: southwestern USA to Costa Rica
123Scaled doveColumbina squammata (Lesson, RP, 1831)SA: northern and eastern South America
124Common ground doveColumbina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758)NA, MA, SA: southern USA into Brazil
125Plain-breasted ground doveColumbina minuta (Linnaeus, 1766)MA, SA: southern Central America and northern South America
126Ecuadorian ground doveColumbina buckleyi (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877)SA: western Ecuador and northwestern Peru
127Ruddy ground doveColumbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810)MA, SA: Mexico to Argentina
128Picui ground doveColumbina picui (Temminck, 1813)SA: Brazil to Chile and Argentina
129Croaking ground doveColumbina cruziana (Prévost, 1842)SA: northern Ecuador to Chile
130Blue-eyed ground doveColumbina cyanopis (Pelzeln, 1870)SA: Cerrado of Brazil
131Blue ground doveClaravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Pérez, 1886)MA, SA: Mexico to Argentina
132Purple-winged ground doveParaclaravis geoffroyi (Temminck, 1811)SA: southern Atlantic Forest (Brazil to Argentina)
133Maroon-chested ground doveParaclaravis mondetoura (Bonaparte, 1856)MA, SA: Mexico to Bolivia
134Bare-faced ground doveMetriopelia ceciliae (Lesson, RP, 1845)SA: Altiplano of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
135Moreno's ground doveMetriopelia morenoi (Sharpe, 1902)SA: Argentina
136Black-winged ground doveMetriopelia melanoptera (Molina, 1782)SA: Andes
137Golden-spotted ground doveMetriopelia aymara (Prévost, 1840)SA: Altiplano of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
138Long-tailed ground doveUropelia campestris (Spix, 1825)SA: Brazil and Bolivia
139Blue-headed quail-doveStarnoenas cyanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)NA: Cuba
140Purple quail-doveGeotrygon purpurata (Salvin, 1878)SA: northwestern Colombia to northwestern Ecuador
141Sapphire quail-doveGeotrygon saphirina Bonaparte, 1855SA: western Amazon Basin
142Crested quail-doveGeotrygon versicolor (Lafresnaye, 1846)NA: Jamaica
143Ruddy quail-doveGeotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758)MA, SA: Central America and northern South America
144Violaceous quail-doveGeotrygon violacea (Temminck, 1809)MA, SA: southern Central America and northern South America
145Grey-fronted quail-doveGeotrygon caniceps (Gundlach, 1852)NA: Cuba
146White-fronted quail-doveGeotrygon leucometopia (Chapman, 1917)NA: Hispaniola
147Key West quail-doveGeotrygon chrysia Bonaparte, 1855NA: northern Caribbean
148Bridled quail-doveGeotrygon mystacea (Temminck, 1811)NA: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and northern Lesser Antilles
149Olive-backed quail-doveLeptotrygon veraguensis (Lawrence, 1866)MA, SA: Costa Rica to Ecuador
150White-tipped doveLeptotila verreauxi Bonaparte, 1855NA, MA, SA: southern Texas to Argentina
151Yungas doveLeptotila megalura Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1879SA: Bolivia and Argentina
152Grey-fronted doveLeptotila rufaxilla (Richard & Bernard, 1792)SA: Colombia to Argentina
153Grey-headed doveLeptotila plumbeiceps Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868MA, SA: Mexico to Colombia
154Pallid doveLeptotila pallida Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884SA: western Colombia and Ecuador
155Azuero doveLeptotila battyi Rothschild, 1901MA: Panama
156Grenada doveLeptotila wellsi (Lawrence, 1884)NA: Grenada
157Caribbean doveLeptotila jamaicensis (Linnaeus, 1766)NA, MA: Cayman Islands,Jamaica, Yucatán Peninsula
158Grey-chested doveLeptotila cassinii Lawrence, 1867MA, SA: Guatemala to Colombia
159Ochre-bellied doveLeptotila ochraceiventris Chapman, 1914SA: Ecuador and Peru
160Tolima doveLeptotila conoveri Bond, J & Meyer de Schauensee, 1943SA: Colombian Andes
161Tuxtla quail-doveZentrygon carrikeri (Wetmore, 1941)MA: southeastern Mexico
162Buff-fronted quail-doveZentrygon costaricensis (Lawrence, 1868)MA: Costa Rica and Panama
163Purplish-backed quail-doveZentrygon lawrencii (Salvin, 1874)MA: Costa Rica and Panama
164White-faced quail-doveZentrygon albifacies (Sclater, PL, 1858)MA: Mexico to Nicaragua
165White-throated quail-doveZentrygon frenata (Tschudi, 1843)SA: Andes from Colombia to northwestern Argentina
166Lined quail-doveZentrygon linearis (Prévost, 1843)SA: Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago
167Chiriqui quail-doveZentrygon chiriquensis (Sclater, PL, 1856)MA: Costa Rica and Panama
168Russet-crowned quail-doveZentrygon goldmani (Nelson, 1912)MA, SA: Panama and Colombia
169Mourning doveZenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758)NA, MA: North America to Panama
170Socorro doveZenaida graysoni (Lawrence, 1871)MA: Soccoro Island (Mexico)
171Eared doveZenaida auriculata (des Murs, 1847)SA: South America
172Zenaida doveZenaida aurita (Temminck, 1809)NA: West Indies and Yucatán Peninsula
173Galápagos doveZenaida galapagoensis Gould, 1841SA: Galápagos Islands
174White-winged doveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758)NA, MA: southwestern USA to Panama; Greater Antilles
175West Peruvian doveZenaida meloda (Tschudi, 1843)SA: South American west coast
176Nicobar pigeonCaloenas nicobarica (Linnaeus, 1758)OR, AU: Andaman Islands to Philippines and Solomon Islands
177Spotted green pigeonCaloenas maculata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (extinct)South Pacific or Indian Ocean island(?)
178Sulawesi ground doveGallicolumba tristigmata (Bonaparte, 1855)AU: Sulawesi
179Cinnamon ground doveGallicolumba rufigula (Pucheran, 1853)AU: New Guinea
180Luzon bleeding-heartGallicolumba luzonica (Scopoli, 1786)OR: Luzon (Philippines)
181Mindanao bleeding-heartGallicolumba crinigera (Reichenbach, 1851)OR: Philippines
182Mindoro bleeding-heartGallicolumba platenae (Salvadori, 1893)OR: primarily Mindoro (Philippines)
183Negros bleeding-heartGallicolumba keayi (Clarke, WE, 1900)OR: primarily Negros (Philippines)
184Sulu bleeding-heartGallicolumba menagei (Bourns & Worcester, 1894)OR: Sulu (Philippines)
185Wetar ground dovePampusana hoedtii (Schlegel, 1871)OR: Wetar and Timor
186White-breasted ground dovePampusana jobiensis (Meyer, AB, 1875)AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
187White-fronted ground dovePampusana kubaryi (Finsch, 1880)PO: Caroline Islands
188Polynesian ground dovePampusana erythroptera (Gmelin, JF, 1789)PO: Tuamotu Archipelago
189White-throated ground dovePampusana xanthonura (Temminck, 1823)PO: Mariana and Caroline Islands
190Norfolk ground dovePampusana norfolkensis (Forshaw, 2015) (extinct)PO: Norfolk Island
191Shy ground dovePampusana stairi (Gray, GR, 1856)PO: Tonga and neighboring islands
192Santa Cruz ground dovePampusana sanctaecrucis (Mayr, 1935)AU: southern Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
193Tanna ground dovePampusana ferruginea (Forster, JR, 1844) (extinct)PO: Tanna Islands (Vanuatu)
194Thick-billed ground dovePampusana salamonis (Ramsay, EP, 1882) (extinct)AU: Makira and Ramos (Solomon Islands)
195Marquesan ground dovePampusana rubescens (Vieillot, 1818)PO: Marquesas Islands
196Bronze ground dovePampusana beccarii (Salvadori, 1876)AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
197Palau ground dovePampusana canifrons (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872)AU: Palau
198Choiseul pigeonMicrogoura meeki Rothschild, 1904 (extinct)AU: Choiseul (Solomon Islands)
199Pheasant pigeonOtidiphaps nobilis Gould, 1870AU: New Guinea
200Western crowned pigeonGoura cristata (Pallas, 1764)AU: western New Guinea
201Scheepmaker's crowned pigeonGoura scheepmakeri Finsch, 1876AU: southeastern New Guinea
202Sclater's crowned pigeonGoura sclaterii Salvadori, 1876AU: southern New Guinea
203Victoria crowned pigeonGoura victoria (Fraser, 1844)AU: northern New Guinea
204DodoRaphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (extinct)IO: Mauritius Island
205Rodrigues solitairePezophaps solitaria (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (extinct)IO: Rodrigues Island
206Tooth-billed pigeonDidunculus strigirostris (Jardine, 1845)PO: Samoa
207White-eared brown dovePhapitreron leucotis (Temminck, 1823)OR: Philippines
208Amethyst brown dovePhapitreron amethystinus Bonaparte, 1855OR: Philippines
209Tawitawi brown dovePhapitreron cinereiceps (Bourns & Worcester, 1894)OR: Tawi-Tawi Islands (Philippines)
210Mindanao brown dovePhapitreron brunneiceps (Bourns & Worcester, 1894)OR: Mindanao and Basilan (Philippines)
211Cinnamon-headed green pigeonTreron fulvicollis (Wagler, 1827)OR: Malay Peninsula to Borneo
212Little green pigeonTreron olax (Temminck, 1823)OR: Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas
213Pink-necked green pigeonTreron vernans (Linnaeus, 1771)OR: Southeast Asia mainland to Philippines and Sulawesi
214Orange-breasted green pigeonTreron bicinctus (Jerdon, 1840)OR: south and southeast Asia to Bali
215Sri Lanka green pigeonTreron pompadora (Gmelin, JF, 1789)OR: Sri Lanka
216Grey-fronted green pigeonTreron affinis (Jerdon, 1840)OR: southern India
217Ashy-headed green pigeonTreron phayrei (Blyth, 1862)OR: Himalayas to Southeast Asia
218Andaman green pigeonTreron chloropterus Blyth, 1845OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
219Philippine green pigeonTreron axillaris (Bonaparte, 1855)OR: Philippines
220Buru green pigeonTreron aromaticus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)OR: Buru Island (Indonesia)
221Thick-billed green pigeonTreron curvirostra (Gmelin, JF, 1789)OR: Nepal to Philippines and Borneo
222Grey-cheeked green pigeonTreron griseicauda Bonaparte, 1855OR: Sulawesi, Java, and Bali (Indonesia)
223Sumba green pigeonTreron teysmannii Schlegel, 1879AU: Sumba (Indonesia)
224Flores green pigeonTreron floris Wallace, 1864AU: Lesser Sundas
225Timor green pigeonTreron psittaceus (Temminck, 1808)AU: Timor (Indonesia)
226Large green pigeonTreron capellei (Temminck, 1822)OR: Malay Peninsula to Borneo and Java
227Yellow-footed green pigeonTreron phoenicopterus (Latham, 1790)OR: Pakistan to Southeast Asia
228Bruce's green pigeonTreron waalia (Meyer, FAA, 1793)AF, EU: Sub-Saharan belt and Arabian Peninsula
229Madagascar green pigeonTreron australis (Linnaeus, 1771)AF: Madagascar
230Comoro green pigeonTreron griveaudi Benson, 1960AF: Comoros
231African green pigeonTreron calvus (Temminck, 1811)AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
232Pemba green pigeonTreron pembaensis Pakenham, 1940AF: Pemba Island (Tanzania)
233Sao Tome green pigeonTreron sanctithomae (Gmelin, JF, 1789)AF: São Tomé
234Pin-tailed green pigeonTreron apicauda Blyth, 1846OR: Himalayas to Southeast Asia
235Sumatran green pigeonTreron oxyurus (Temminck, 1823)OR: Sumatra and Java
236Yellow-vented green pigeonTreron seimundi (Robinson, 1910)OR: Laos, Vietnam, and Malay Peninsula
237Wedge-tailed green pigeonTreron sphenurus (Vigors, 1832)OR: Himalayas to Bali and Lombok
238White-bellied green pigeonTreron sieboldii (Temminck, 1835)EU, OR: Japan to Southeast Asia
239Ryukyu green pigeonTreron permagnus Stejneger, 1887OR: Ryukyu Islands of Japan
240Taiwan green pigeonTreron formosae Swinhoe, 1863OR: Taiwan and northern Philippines
241Banded fruit dovePtilinopus cinctus (Temminck, 1809)AU: Bali and Lesser Sundas
242Black-banded fruit dovePtilinopus alligator Collett, 1898AU: northern Australia
243Red-naped fruit dovePtilinopus dohertyi Rothschild, 1896OR: Sumba (Indonesia)
244Pink-headed fruit dovePtilinopus porphyreus (Temminck, 1822)OR: Sumatra and Java
245Flame-breasted fruit dovePtilinopus marchei Oustalet, 1880OR: Luzon (Philippines)
246Cream-breasted fruit dovePtilinopus merrilli (McGregor, 1916)OR: northern Philippines
247Yellow-breasted fruit dovePtilinopus occipitalis Gray, GR, 1844OR: Philippines
248Red-eared fruit dovePtilinopus fischeri Brüggemann, 1876OR: Sulawesi
249Jambu fruit dovePtilinopus jambu (Gmelin, JF, 1789)OR: Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas
250Maroon-chinned fruit dovePtilinopus subgularis Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896AU: Banggai Islands (Indonesia)
251Oberholser's fruit dovePtilinopus gularis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)AU: Sulawesi
252Sula fruit dovePtilinopus mangoliensis Rothschild, 1898AU: Sula Islands (Indonesia)
253Black-chinned fruit dovePtilinopus leclancheri (Bonaparte, 1855)OR: Philippines and Taiwan
254Scarlet-breasted fruit dovePtilinopus bernsteinii Schlegel, 1863AU: northern Moluccas
255Wompoo fruit dovePtilinopus magnificus (Temminck, 1821)AU: New Guinea and Queensland
256Pink-spotted fruit dovePtilinopus perlatus (Temminck, 1835)AU: New Guinea
257Ornate fruit dovePtilinopus ornatus Schlegel, 1871AU: New Guinea
258Tanna fruit dovePtilinopus tannensis (Latham, 1790)AU: Vanuatu
259Orange-fronted fruit dovePtilinopus aurantiifrons Gray, GR, 1858AU: New Guinea
260Wallace's fruit dovePtilinopus wallacii Gray, GR, 1858AU: Wallacea
261Superb fruit dovePtilinopus superbus (Temminck, 1809)AU: Moluccas, Melanesia, and northeastern Australia
262Many-colored fruit dovePtilinopus perousii Peale, 1849PO: Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
263Crimson-crowned fruit dovePtilinopus porphyraceus (Temminck, 1821)PO: Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
264Purple-capped fruit dovePtilinopus ponapensis Finsch, 1878PO: Chuuk and Pohnpei (Caroline Islands)
265Kosrae fruit dovePtilinopus hernsheimi Finsch, 1880PO: Kosrae (Caroline Islands)
266Palau fruit dovePtilinopus pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868PO: Palau
267Lilac-crowned fruit dovePtilinopus rarotongensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871PO: Cook Islands
268Mariana fruit dovePtilinopus roseicapilla (Lesson, RP, 1831)PO: Guam and northern Marianas
269Rose-crowned fruit dovePtilinopus regina Swainson, 1825AU: Lesser Sundas and Australia
270Silver-capped fruit dovePtilinopus richardsii Ramsay, EP, 1882AU: Solomon Islands
271Raiatea fruit-dovePtilinopus chrysogaster Gray, GR, 1854PO: western Society Islands
272Grey-green fruit dovePtilinopus purpuratus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)PO: eastern Society Islands
273Makatea fruit dovePtilinopus chalcurus Gray, GR, 1860PO: Tuamotus
274Atoll fruit dovePtilinopus coralensis Peale, 1849PO: Tuamotus
275Red-bellied fruit dovePtilinopus greyi Bonaparte, 1857AU: Solomon Islands to New Caledonia
276Rapa fruit dovePtilinopus huttoni Finsch, 1874PO: Rapa Iti
277White-capped fruit dovePtilinopus dupetithouarsii (Néboux, 1840)PO: Marquesas Islands
278Red-moustached fruit dovePtilinopus mercierii (des Murs & Prévost, 1849) (extinct)PO: Marquesas Islands
279Henderson fruit dovePtilinopus insularis North, 1908PO: Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands)
280Coroneted fruit dovePtilinopus coronulatus Gray, GR, 1858AU: New Guinea
281Beautiful fruit dovePtilinopus pulchellus (Temminck, 1835)AU: New Guinea
282Blue-capped fruit dovePtilinopus monacha (Temminck, 1824)AU: northern Moluccas
283White-bibbed fruit dovePtilinopus rivoli (Prévost, 1843)AU: Moluccas to Bismarck Archipelago
284Geelvink fruit dovePtilinopus speciosus Schlegel, 1871AU: islands in Geelvink Bay, New Guinea
285Yellow-bibbed fruit dovePtilinopus solomonensis Gray, GR, 1870AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and New Britain
286Claret-breasted fruit dovePtilinopus viridis (Linnaeus, 1766)AU: Moluccas, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
287White-headed fruit dovePtilinopus eugeniae (Gould, 1856)AU: Makira and neighboring islands (Solomon Islands)
288Orange-bellied fruit dovePtilinopus iozonus Gray, GR, 1858AU: New Guinea
289Knob-billed fruit dovePtilinopus insolitus Schlegel, 1863AU: Bismarck Archipelago
290Grey-headed fruit dovePtilinopus hyogastrus (Temminck, 1824)AU: northern Moluccas
291Carunculated fruit dovePtilinopus granulifrons Hartert, EJO, 1898AU: central Moluccas
292Black-naped fruit dovePtilinopus melanospilus (Salvadori, 1875)OR, AU: Philippines to Sulawesi and Bali
293Dwarf fruit dovePtilinopus nainus (Temminck, 1835)AU: New Guinea
294Negros fruit dovePtilinopus arcanus Ripley & Rabor, 1955OR: Negros (Philippines)
295Orange dovePtilinopus victor (Gould, 1872)PO: Fiji
296Golden dovePtilinopus luteovirens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)PO: Fiji
297Whistling dovePtilinopus layardi Elliot, DG, 1878PO: Fiji
298Cloven-feathered doveDrepanoptila holosericea (Temminck, 1809)AU: New Caledonia
299Mauritius blue pigeonAlectroenas nitidissima (Scopoli, 1786) (extinct)IO: Mauritius Island
300Madagascar blue pigeonAlectroenas madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766)AF: Madagascar
301Comoro blue pigeonAlectroenas sganzini (Bonaparte, 1854)AF: Comoros and Aldabra
302Seychelles blue pigeonAlectroenas pulcherrimus (Scopoli, 1786)AF: Seychelles
303Pink-bellied imperial pigeonDucula poliocephala (Gray, GR, 1844)OR: Philippines
304White-bellied imperial pigeonDucula forsteni (Bonaparte, 1854)AU: Sulawesi
305Mindoro imperial pigeonDucula mindorensis (Whitehead, J, 1896)OR, EU: Mindoro (Philippines)
306Grey-headed imperial pigeonDucula radiata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)AU: Sulawesi
307Spotted imperial pigeonDucula carola (Bonaparte, 1854)OR: Philippines
308Green imperial pigeonDucula aenea (Linnaeus, 1766)OR: India to Philippines, Borneo, and Lesser Sundas
309Enggano imperial pigeonDucula oenothorax (Salvadori, 1892)OR : Enggano (w of s Sumatra)
310Nicobar imperial pigeonDucula nicobarica (Pelzeln, 1865)OR: Nicobar Islands
311Spectacled imperial pigeonDucula perspicillata (Temminck, 1824)AU: Moluccas
312Seram imperial pigeonDucula neglecta (Schlegel, 1866)AU: Seram Island
313Elegant imperial pigeonDucula concinna (Wallace, 1865)AU: Wallacea
314Pacific imperial pigeonDucula pacifica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)PO: Bismarck Archipelago to Cook Islands
315Micronesian imperial pigeonDucula oceanica (Desmarest, 1826)PO: Micronesia
316Polynesian imperial pigeonDucula aurorae (Peale, 1849)PO: French Polynesia
317Nuku Hiva imperial pigeonDucula galeata (Bonaparte, 1855)PO: Nuku Hiva
318Red-knobbed imperial pigeonDucula rubricera (Bonaparte, 1854)AU: Bismark Archipelago and Solomon Islands
319Spice imperial pigeonDucula myristicivora (Scopoli, 1786)AU: Widi Island (northeast Moluccas) and western Papuan islands
320Geelvink imperial pigeonDucula geelvinkiana (Schlegel, 1873)AU: islands in Geelvink Bay, New Guinea
321Purple-tailed imperial pigeonDucula rufigaster (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)AU: New Guinea
322Cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeonDucula basilica Bonaparte, 1854AU: Moluccas
323Finsch's imperial pigeonDucula finschii (Ramsay, EP, 1882)AU: Bismark Archipelago
324Rufescent imperial pigeonDucula chalconota (Salvadori, 1874)AU: New Guinea
325Island imperial pigeonDucula pistrinaria Bonaparte, 1855AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
326Pink-headed imperial pigeonDucula rosacea (Temminck, 1836)AU: Lesser Sundas
327Christmas imperial pigeonDucula whartoni (Sharpe, 1887)OR: Christmas Island
328Grey imperial pigeonDucula pickeringii (Cassin, 1855)OR: Borneo to Philippines
329Barking imperial pigeonDucula latrans (Peale, 1849)PO: Fiji
330Chestnut-bellied imperial pigeonDucula brenchleyi (Gray, GR, 1870)AU: Solomon Islands
331Vanuatu imperial pigeonDucula bakeri (Kinnear, 1928)AU: Vanuatu
332Goliath imperial pigeonDucula goliath (Gray, GR, 1859)AU: New Caledonia
333Pinon's imperial pigeonDucula pinon (Gaimard, 1823)AU: New Guinea
334Black imperial pigeonDucula melanochroa (Sclater, PL, 1878)AU: Bismarck Archipelago
335Collared imperial pigeonDucula mullerii (Temminck, 1835)AU: Aru Islands and New Guinea
336Zoe's imperial pigeonDucula zoeae (Desmarest, 1826)AU: New Guinea
337Malabar imperial pigeonDucula cuprea (Jerdon, 1840)OR: southwestern India
338Mountain imperial pigeonDucula badia (Raffles, 1822)OR: Himalayas to Java
339Dark-backed imperial pigeonDucula lacernulata (Temminck, 1822)OR, AU: Java and Lesser Sundas
340Timor imperial pigeonDucula cineracea (Temminck, 1835)AU: Timor and Wetar
341Pied imperial pigeonDucula bicolor (Scopoli, 1786)OR: Southeast Asia to Philippines and New Guinea
342Silver-tipped imperial pigeonDucula luctuosa (Temminck, 1824)OR: Sulawesi
343Torresian imperial pigeonDucula spilorrhoa (Gray, GR, 1858)AU: Aru Islands, New Guinea, and Torres Strait Islands
and northern Australia
344Yellowish imperial pigeonDucula subflavescens (Finsch, 1886)AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands
345Topknot pigeonLopholaimus antarcticus (Shaw, 1793)AU: eastern Australia
346New Zealand pigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1789)AU: New Zealand
347Chatham Islands pigeonHemiphaga chathamensis (Rothschild, 1891)AU: Chatham Island
348Sombre pigeonCryptophaps poecilorrhoa (Brüggemann, 1876)AU: Sulawesi
349Papuan mountain pigeonGymnophaps albertisii Salvadori, 1874AU: Bacan Islands, New Guinea, and Bismarck Archipelago
350Buru mountain pigeonGymnophaps mada (Hartert, EJO, 1899)AU: Buru Island (Indonesia)
351Seram mountain pigeonGymnophaps stalkeri (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911)AU: Seram Island (Indonesia)
352Pale mountain pigeonGymnophaps solomonensis Mayr, 1931AU: Solomon Islands

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pigeons . IOC World Bird List . v 14.2 . Gill . F. . Donsker. D.. Rasmussen . P. . August 2024 . August 20, 2024 .