Dove & Pigeon Species Listing

Alphabetical by Scientific Name

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Band Numbers are in milimeters.

Common Name Scientific Name Band Distribution & [Other Names]
Lemon Dove [African] Apolpelia larvata 6mm African forests [Cinnamon or Forest Dove]
Nicobar [White-Tailed] Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica 10 Indo-Australasian [Hackled, Vulturine Pigeon]
Green-winged Dove Chalcophaps indica chrysochlora 5.4 Oriental & Australasian [Emerald, Little Green]
Green-winged Dove Chalcophaps indica indica 5.4 (as above)
Stephan's Green-wing Chalcophaps stephani 5.4 Celebes, New Guinea [Brown-backed Emerald]
Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa 4.5 Central & South America [Ashy, Cinereous]
Olive [Speckled Wood] Pigeon Columba arquatrix 8 Eastern Africa [Rameron, Yellow-eyed]
Rufous [Cayenne] Pigeon Columba cayennensis Central & S.America [Pale-vented, Blue]
Bare-eyed Pigeon Columba corensis 7 Columbia & Venezuela [White-winged]
Gold-billed [Peruvian] Ground Dove Columba cruziana Pacific Coast of S.America [Gold-ringed Grnd]
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata 7 (Western) N.to S.America [White-collared]
Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris Texas & C.America [Blue Pigeon]
Triangular Spotted [Speckled] Pigeon Columba guinea 7 Africa [African Rock, Red-eyed,Guinea]
Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques Western Africa
White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala 7 Caribbean Islands [Baldpate, White-headed]
Rock Dove [Wild Pigeon] Columba livia 7 Europe, Medit., Africa, W Asia, N China
Rock Dove Columba livia gaddei (as above)
Spotted [Amer. Spotted] Pigeon Columba maculosa 7 Southern S.America [Spot-winged]
Stock Dove Columba oenas 7 UK, W Europe, Finland, NW Africa&W Sibera
Salvin's Pigeon Columba oenops 7 SubTropics of N Peru
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 8 Europe to NW Africa [Ringdove, Cushat]
Picazuro [Argentine Wood] Pigeon Columba picazuro 8 South America [Scaley-necked, Brown Wood]
Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea N & E of S America
Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis 7 Tibet, Nepal to Formosa [Buff-collared]
Purple Wood Pigeon Columba punicea 8 SE Asia [Red Wood & Chestnut Pigeon]
Eastern Rock Pigeon Columba rupestris 7 C & E Asia, N China, Tibet [Bar-tailed R P]
Scaled [Splendid] Pigeon Columba speciosa Trops. of C&S America [Scalloped-necked]
Red-necked [Scaly-naped] Pigeon Columba squamosa 8 Gr & Lesser Antilles [Scaled]
White-throated Pigeon Columba vitiensis 8 Philippines-New Guinea Islands [Grey-throated]
White(Dark Grey)-throated Pigeon Columba vitiensis metallica 8 (as above)
Buckley's Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi 4 NW Equador & Peru
Gold-billed Ground Dove Columbina cruziana 4 W Coast of S America [Peruvian, Gold-ringed]
Pigmy [Grey] Ground Dove Columbina minuta 4 SE Mexico,E&W S America [Plain-breasted]
Scaley-breasted[Common]Grnd Dove Columbina passerina 4 S N.America-N S.America [Passerine,Rosy]
Picui Dove Columbina picui 4 Middle of S.America [Wht-winged, Long-tailed]
Ruddy Ground [Talpacoti] Dove Columbina talpacoti 4 S Mexico-N&E S.America[Stone, Blue-headed]

Green Imperial Fruit Pigeon Ducula aenea 10 India,Ceylon-IndoChina,Philippines,Clebes
Chestnut Naped Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea paulina Clebes & Talaut Islands (red patch on nape)
Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia India,IndoChina-W Java [Hodgson's, Jerdon's]
Pied Imperial Fruit Pigeon Ducula bi-color 10 Andamans,Nicobars-Wof New Guinea[Nutmeg]
Spotted Imperial Pigeon Ducula carola North Philippine Islands [Grey-necked F P]
Red-breasted Imperial Pigeon Ducula chalconota Mountains of New Guinea [Mtn. Rufous-bellied]
Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula concinna 11 Talaut,Clebes-Aru Islands [Gold-eyed Imp]
White-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula forsteni Clebes [Green & White Zone-tailed]
New Caledonian Imperial Pigeon Ducula goliath New Caledonia & Isle of Pines[Goliath&Giant]
Celebes Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula luctuosa Clebes to Banggai Islands [Nutmeg, White]
White-eyed Imperial Pigeon Ducula perspicillata Moluccan Islands [Spectacled Imp.]
White-eyed Imperial Pigeon Ducula perspicillata neglecta Moluccan Islands (paler in color)
Pinon Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon 10 New Guinea, adj. Islands [Bare-eyed Imp]
Island Imperial Pigeon Ducula pistrinaria Solomon Isles, New Guinea [Grey Imp]
Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rosacea Duizend&small Isles near Celebes [Island Imp]
Purple-Tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster 10 New Guinea,Papuan&Jobi Isles [Rufus-bellied]
Torres Strait Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa New Guinea to N.Australia [Australian Pied]
Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae New Guinea, adj. Isles [Banded, Bar-breasted]
Bartlett's Bleeding-Heart Gallicolumba criniger 7 Philippine Isles,Mindanao,Leyte,Samar,Basilan
White-breasted Ground Dove Gallicolumba jobiensis 6 New Guinea & W.Islands [Jobi Islands]
Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica 6 Philip.Isles of Luzon & Polillo [Luzon Punalada]
Golden Heart Gallicolumba rufigula 6 New Guinea, W.Papuan Isles[Chestnut,Rufus]
Celebes Quail [Ground] Dove Gallicolumba tristigmata 7 Celebes

Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 4 North & Inland Australia [Little Turtledove]
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 5.4 N&E Australia,S.New Guinea [Copper-necked]
Zebra Dove Geopelia s. striata 4.5 Indo-Malayan Regions [Peaceful Dove]
Mauge's [Barred] Dove Geopelia striata maugeus 4.5 Lesser Sunda Isles(darker,barred breast)[Zebra]
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata placida 4.5 Australia (paler) [Zebra]
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata tranquilla 4.5 Australia (paler) [Zebra]
Squatter Pigeon[Partridge Bronzewing] Geophaps scripta Island districts of NE&E Australia
Key West Quail Dove Geotrygon chrysia 6 Bahama,Cuba & Isles to Key West
Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana 6 Mexico-Trop.C.America&W.Indies[Partridge]
Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana martinica (as above)
Bridled Quail Dove Geotrygon mystacea West Indies
Mnt. Witch [Crested Quail] Dove Geotrygon versicolor 7 Jamaica [Jamaica Quail Dove]
Blue Crowned Pigeon Goura cristata 18 NW New Guinea [Blue or Grey Goura]
Maroon-breasted Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri S&SE New Guinea [Scheepmaker's, Sclater's]
Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura victoria 18 N New Guinea [Victoria & White-tipped Goura]
Bare-eyed [Papuan] Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii New Guinea, adj. Isles [D'Albertis' Mtn Pigeon]
New Guniea [Black] Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons 8 New Guinea,adj.Isles [Wht-capped,Long-billed]
White-fronted Dove Leptotila verreauxi 5.4 S-N.America,C&S.America [Solitary]
Wonga Pigeon Leucosarica melaneleuca 8 Australia
Pink-breasted Cuckoo Dove Macropygia ambonensis Sangir&Talaut Isles-New Guinea[Amboina CD]
Lesser Bar-tailed Cuckoo Dove Macropygia nigricostris New Guinea, adj. Islands [Black-billed]
Large Brown Cuckoo Dove Macropygia phasianella 7 E.Australia to Philippines[Dark&Slender-billed]
Large Brown Cuckoo Dove Macropygia phasianella emillana 7 (as above)
Little Cuckoo Dove Macropygia ruficeps 7 Burma to Timor [Lesser Red, Red-faced]
Bar-tailed Cuckoo Dove Macropygia unchall 7 Himalayas,S.China,Laos-Lombok[Larger Indian]
Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae 4.5 Peru,Bolivia,N.Chile [Bar-eyed,Yellow-eyed]
Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera 4.5 Peru to Argentina&Columbia(temperate zones)
Moreno's Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia morenoi N.W.Argentina
Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri Mauritius [Mauritius, Chestnut-tailed]
Australian Crested [Brnzwng] Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 7 Most of Australia [Top-knot, Whistle-winged]
Cape [Masked] Dove Onea capensis 3.5 Central to S. Africa [Long-tailed,Namaqua]
Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis 10 New Guinea, adj. Islands [Green-collared]
White-naped Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis aruensis 10 Aru Islands
Grey-collared Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis cervicalis 10 S.E.New Guinea

White-bellied Plumed Dove Petrophassa plumifera N.Australia
White-eared Brown Fruit Dove Phapitreron leucotis Philippine Islands [Lesser Brown Fruit Dove]
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 7 Australia & Tansmania [Forest Bronzewing]
Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans 7 S.W.&S.E.Australia & Tasmania
Orange Fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifons New Guinea [Golden-fronted]
Black-backed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus cincta Indonesian Islands [Banded & Wht-headed]
Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus New Guinea & Islands [Lilac-capped]
Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus c. geminus/trigeminus N.New Guinea / Salawati,W.Vogelkop
Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus 6 New Guinea & Adj. Islands
Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus i. humeralis 6 W.Papaun,N.W.,S.&N.New Guinea
Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus i. iozonus 6 Aru Islands, S.E.New Guinea
Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu Malay Pen. to Borneo [Pink-headed]
Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus leclancheri Philippine Islands [Blk-throated, Leclancher's]
Wompoo [Magnificant] Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus 7 New Guinea, E Australia [Purple-breasted]
Black-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus melanospila 7 Philippine to Bali Islands [Black-headed]
Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus occipitalis Philippine Islands [Sulphur-breasted]
Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus 6 New Guinea [Gestroi's]
Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus New Guinea & Adj. Islands
Pink-necked Fruit Pigeon Ptilinopus porphyreus Sumatra, Java, Bali
Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus 5 New Guinea [Crimson-capped]
Superb Fruit Dove (nominate) Ptilinopus superbus 6 Celebes to E Australia [Purple-capped]
Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus s. ternminckll 6 Celebes, Sulu Archipelago
Inca Dove Scardafella inca 4 Southern N.America, C.America
Scaly Dove Scardafella squammata N.E.-S.America, Brazil [Mottled,S.Amer.Zebra]
Javanese Collared Dove Streptopelia bitorquata 6 Java&adj.Isles,Philippine&Sulu Archipelago
Cape Ringdove [Ring-necked Dove] Streptopelia capicola S.Sudan to S.Africa [Damara, Dark-eyed]
Laceneck [Spotted] Dove Streptopelia chinensis 5.4 India,Ceylon,Indo-Malaya,S.China [Necklace]
Laceneck [Spotted] Dove Streptopelia chinensis chinensis 6 China
Laceneck [Spotted] Dove Streptopelia chinensis suratensis 5.4 India
Laceneck [Spotted] Dove Streptopelia chinensis tigrina 5.4 Burma, Malayan regions
[Eurasian] Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocta 6 India,Mid-East,Europe,China,Japan [Indian RD]
Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia dicipiens Africa [Deceptive, Angola, Mourning, Dongola]
Pink-bellied Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha 6 Cameroon & Nigeria highlands [Adamawa TD]
Eastern Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 6 Asia,Japan,Burma,Indo-China [Rufus,Mtn,]
Eastern Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis meena 6 Western Himalayas
Oriental Turtle Dove (nominate) Streptopelia orientalis orientalis 6 Sibera,China,Japan,Formosa
Madagascan Turtle Dove Streptopelia picrurata 6 Madagascar & adj.Islands [Painted, Red TD]
Ringneck [Barbary] Dove Streptopelia risoria Domesticated, Some Feral colonies [Ringdove]

African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 5.4 Northern Africa [Rose-grey, Pink-headed]
Red-eyed (Half Collared) Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 7 Africa(S.of Sahara),S.W.Arabia [Black]
Senegal [Laughing] [Palm] Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 5.4 Africa,Arabia,India (established in other areas)
Senegal [Laughing] Dove(Pakistan) Streptopelia s. cambayensis 5.4 India & E.Arabia
Senegal [Laughing] Dove Streptopelia s. ermanni (unknown)
Dwarf Turtle [Red Turtle] Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica 5.4 E.&S.E.Asia,N.Philippine Islands
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 6 Europe,N.Africa,S.W.Asia [Isabella Turtle]
European Turtle Dove (nominate) Streptopelia turtur turta 6 Western Europe
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea 5.4 Region across Central Africa
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta 7 India
African Green Pigeon Treron calva Central to South Africa
Thick-billed Green Pigeon Teron curvirostra SE Asia & Philippines
Yellow-legged Green Pigeon Teron phoenicoptera 8 India & Ceylon, E thru China [Common Gr.]
Pompadour Green Pigeon Teron pompadora India, Cochin China, Philippines [Grey-fronted]
Grey-faced Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron griseicauda S Sumatra & Adj. Islands
Yellow-bellied Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron oxyura Sumatra & W Java
White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii Japan & S China [Siebold's & Japanese Gr.]
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenura 8 Mtns. of India & Malay Pen. {Kokla & Singing]
Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans 7 SE Asia & Philippines
Yellow-bellied Green Pigeon Treron waalia 8 Savannah of N Africa [Bruce's Gr.]
Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris 8 New Guinea & Salawati [Slaty & Grey Grnd.]
White-faced Pigeon Turacoena manadensis 7 Celebes,Buton & adj. Islands [Wht-faced Black]
Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus 4.5 Regions across Central Africa [Abyssinian]
Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 4.5 Africa(S.of Sahara-Transvaal) [Sapphire-spot]
Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri 5.4 West Africa [Maiden Dove]
Emerald Spot Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos 4.5 Central to South Africa [Green-spotted Wood]
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria 4.5 Central to South Africa [Wht-breasted, Forest]
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 6 S.-N.America,C.America,Costa Rico [Singing]
Eared [Pea] Dove Zenaida auriculata 5.4 South America & area Islands [Torpedo]
Martinique [Zenaida] Dove Zenaida aurita 6 West Indian Islands,Yucatan coast[Seaside,Pea]
Galapagas Dove Zenaida galapagoensis Galapagos Islands
Grayson's [Socorro] Dove Zenaida m. graysoni 6 Socorro Island (presently extinct there)
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura macroura 5.4 North & Central America [Carolina]