Typical Old World Pigeons
Columba
The large bird genus Columba comprises a group of medium to large stout-bodied pigeons, often referred to as the typical pigeons. The terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used indiscriminately for smaller and larger Columbidae, respectively. Columba species – at least those of Columba sensu stricto – are generally termed "pigeons", and in many cases wood-pigeons. The species commonly referred to just as "the pigeon" is the feral pigeon (C. livia domestica). It is derived from the...
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 32 known species
Rock Pigeon
speciesColumba livia
Common Wood-Pigeon
speciesColumba palumbus
Stock Dove
speciesColumba oenas
Speckled Pigeon
speciesColumba guinea
White-headed Pigeon
speciesColumba leucomela
Hill Pigeon
speciesColumba rupestris
Rameron Pigeon
speciesColumba arquatrix
Snow Pigeon
speciesColumba leuconota
Black Wood-Pigeon
speciesColumba janthina
Ashy Wood-Pigeon
speciesColumba pulchricollis
Bolle's Pigeon
speciesColumba bollii
Trocaz Pigeon
speciesColumba trocaz
Metallic Pigeon
speciesColumba vitiensis
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
speciesColumba elphinstonii
Speckled Wood-Pigeon
speciesColumba hodgsonii
Laurel Pigeon
speciesColumba junoniae
White-collared Pigeon
speciesColumba albitorques
Yellow-eyed Pigeon
speciesColumba eversmanni
Pale-capped Pigeon
speciesColumba punicea
Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon
speciesColumba torringtoniae
Afep Pigeon
speciesColumba unicincta
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
speciesColumba delegorguei
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
speciesColumba iriditorques
São Tomé Pigeon
speciesColumba malherbii
White-naped Pigeon
speciesColumba albinucha
Andaman Wood-Pigeon
speciesColumba palumboides
Comoro Pigeon
speciesColumba pollenii
Cameroon Pigeon
speciesColumba sjostedti
Maroon Pigeon
speciesColumba thomensis
Speckled × Rock Pigeon
hybridColumba guinea × livia
Silvery Wood-Pigeon
speciesColumba argentina
Rock × Hill Pigeon
hybridColumba livia × rupestris
Somali Pigeon
speciesColumba oliviae
Yellow-legged Pigeon
speciesColumba pallidiceps
Bonin Pigeon
speciesColumba versicolor
Mauritius Woodpigeon
speciesColumba thiriouxi
Ryukyu Pigeon
speciesColumba jouyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Monsters
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1642 · p.579
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.453
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.481
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.453
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.432
Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet
J.H. Léveillé; plates by Paulet · 1855 · p.286
In the stacks
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