New World Pigeons
Patagioenas
Patagioenas is a genus of New World pigeons whose distinctness from the genus Columba was long disputed but ultimately confirmed. It is basal to the Columba — Streptopelia radiation with their ancestors diverging from that lineage likely over 8 million years ago. While the biogeographic pattern of this group suggests that the ancestors of typical pigeons and turtle doves settled the Old World from the Americas, Patagioenas may also be the offspring of Old World pigeons that radiated into different genera later, given that the cuckoo-doves (Macropygia) of Southeast Asia also seem to be closely related.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species
Band-tailed Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas fasciata
Picazuro Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas picazuro
Red-billed Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas flavirostris
Pale-vented Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas cayennensis
Spot-winged Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas maculosa
White-crowned Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas leucocephala
Scaly-naped Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas squamosa
Scaled Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas speciosa
Bare-eyed Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas corensis
Ruddy Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas subvinacea
Plumbeous Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas plumbea
Short-billed Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas nigrirostris
Chilean Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas araucana
Plain Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas inornata
Ring-tailed Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas caribaea
Dusky Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas goodsoni
Peruvian Pigeon
speciesPatagioenas oenops
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3078.