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The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 351 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.

  • AF: Africa
  • AU: Australasia (New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago)
  • EU: Eurasia (Europe and Asia to the Oriental Region boundary)
  • IO: Indian Ocean
  • MA: Middle America
  • NA: North America
  • OR: Oriental region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
  • PO: Polynesia (including Caroline and Mariana Islands)
  • SA: South America
IOC sequence Common name Binomial name Range Image
1 Rock dove Columba livia Worldwide - widespread
2 Hill pigeon Columba rupestris EU: China, Himalayas, and Central Asia
3 Snow pigeon Columba leuconota EU: Altay, Tian Shan, Himalayas, and Central China
4 Speckled pigeon Columba guinea AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
5 White-collared pigeon Columba albitorques AF: Eritrea and Ethiopia
6 Stock dove Columba oenas EU: Europe and central Asia
7 Yellow-eyed pigeon Columba eversmanni EU: Central Asia and western China
8 Somali pigeon Columba oliviae AF: northeastern Somalia
9 Common wood pigeon Columba palumbus EU: Europe to China
10 Trocaz pigeon Columba trocaz AF: Madeira
11 Bolle's pigeon Columba bollii AF: Canary Islands
12 Laurel pigeon Columba junoniae AF: Canary Islands
13 Afep pigeon Columba unicincta AF: Equatorial Africa
14 African olive pigeon Columba arquatrix AF: mainly eastern and southern Africa
15 Cameroon olive pigeon Columba sjostedti AF: western Cameroon and eastern Nigeria
16 Sao Tome olive pigeon Columba thomensis AF: São Tomé
17 Comoros olive pigeon Columba pollenii AF: Comoros
18 Speckled wood pigeon Columba hodgsonii OR: Himalayas, Myanmar, and Central China
19 White-naped pigeon Columba albinucha AF: Central Africa and Albertine Rift
20 Ashy wood pigeon Columba pulchricollis OR: Eastern Himalaya, Yunnan, Myanmar, and Taiwan
21 Nilgiri wood pigeon Columba elphinstonii OR: Western Ghats (India)
22 Sri Lanka wood pigeon Columba torringtoniae OR: Sri Lanka
23 Pale-capped pigeon Columba punicea OR: northeast India through southeast Asia
24 Silvery pigeon Columba argentina (possibly extinct) OR: western Malaysia
25 Andaman wood pigeon Columba palumboides OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
26 Japanese wood pigeon Columba janthina EU: East China Sea
27 Bonin wood pigeon Columba versicolor (extinct) EU: Bonin Islands
28 Ryukyu wood pigeon Columba jouyi (extinct) EU: Daitō and Okinawa Islands
29 Metallic pigeon Columba vitiensis OR, AU: Melanesia, Philippines, and Wallacea
30 White-headed pigeon Columba leucomela AU: eastern Australia
31 Yellow-legged pigeon Columba pallidiceps AU: Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos
32 Eastern bronze-naped pigeon Columba delegorguei AF: east Africa
33 Western bronze-naped pigeon Columba iriditorques AF: Equatorial Africa
34 Island bronze-naped pigeon Columba malherbii AF: Gulf of Guinea islands
35 Lemon dove Columba larvata AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
36 White-crowned pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala NA, MA: Florida, West Indies, eastern Caribbean
37 Scaly-naped pigeon Patagioenas squamosa NA: West Indies
38 Scaled pigeon Patagioenas speciosa MA, SA: Central and South America
39 Picazuro pigeon Patagioenas picazuro SA: eastern South America
40 Bare-eyed pigeon Patagioenas corensis SA: Colombia, Venezuela, and Netherlands Antilles
41 Spot-winged pigeon Patagioenas maculosa SA: South America
42 Band-tailed pigeon Patagioenas fasciata NA, MA, SA: western and mountainous Americas
43 Chilean pigeon Patagioenas araucana SA: Chile and western Argentina
44 Ring-tailed pigeon Patagioenas caribaea NA: Jamaica
45 Pale-vented pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis MA, SA: Mexico into South America
46 Red-billed pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris NA, MA: southern Texas to Costa Rica
47 Maranon pigeon Patagioenas oenops SA: Ecuador and Peru
48 Plain pigeon Patagioenas inornata NA: Greater Antilles
49 Plumbeous pigeon Patagioenas plumbea SA: Colombia to southeastern Brazil
50 Ruddy pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea MA, SA: southern Central and northern South America
51 Short-billed pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris MA, SA: Mexico to Colombia
52 Dusky pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni SA: Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
53 Malagasy turtle dove Nesoenas picturatus AF: Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius
54 Rodrigues pigeon Nesoenas rodericanus (extinct) IO: Rodrigues Island
55 Pink pigeon Nesoenas mayeri IO: Mauritius Island
56 European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur EU: primarily Europe; to North Africa and China
57 Dusky turtle dove Streptopelia lugens AF, EU: east Africa and Arabian Peninsula
58 Adamawa turtle dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha AF: West Africa
59 Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis EU, OR: widespread
60 Sunda collared dove Streptopelia bitorquata OR, AU: Java and Lesser Sundas to Timor
61 Philippine collared dove Streptopelia dusumieri OR: Philippines and Sunda Archipeligo
62 Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto EU, OR: native from Europe to China; widely introduced elsewhere
63 Burmese collared dove Streptopelia xanthocycla OR: central Myanmar
64 African collared dove Streptopelia roseogrisea AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
65 White-winged collared dove Streptopelia reichenowi AF: Horn of Africa
66 Mourning collared dove Streptopelia decipiens AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
67 Red-eyed dove Streptopelia semitorquata AF, EU: Sub-Saharan Africa and Arabian Peninsula
68 Ring-necked dove Streptopelia capicola AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Comoros
69 Vinaceous dove Streptopelia vinacea AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
70 Red collared dove Streptopelia tranquebarica OR: eastern and southern Asia
71 Spotted dove Spilopelia chinensis OR: eastern and southern Asia
72 Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis AF, EU, OR: Africa, the Middle East, and southern Asia
73 Barred cuckoo-dove Macropygia unchall OR: eastern Himalaya, southern China, and southeast Asia
74 Amboyna cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis AU: Moluccas to New Guinea
75 Sultan's cuckoo-dove Macropygia doreya AU: Moluccas to New Guinea
76 Ruddy cuckoo-dove Macropygia emiliana OR: Indonesia
77 Enggano cuckoo-dove Macropygia cinnamomea OR: Enggano Island (off western Sumatra)
78 Barusan cuckoo-dove Macropygia modiglianii OR: western Sumatran islands (except Enggano)
79 Timor cuckoo-dove Macropygia magna AU: Timor and eastern Lesser Sundas
80 Tanimbar cuckoo-dove Macropygia timorlaoensis AU: Tanimbar Islands
81 Flores Sea cuckoo-dove Macropygia macassariensis AU: Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas
82 Philippine cuckoo-dove Macropygia tenuirostris OR: Philippines
83 Brown cuckoo-dove Macropygia phasianella AU: eastern Australia
84 Andaman cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
85 Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove Macropygia nigrirostris AU: New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago
86 Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove Macropygia mackinlayi AU: Melanesia
87 Little cuckoo-dove Macropygia ruficeps OR: Myanmar to Lesser Sundas
88 Great cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena reinwardtii AU: Moluccas and New Guinea
89 Pied cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena browni AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands
90 Crested cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena crassirostris AU: Solomon Islands
91 White-faced cuckoo-dove Turacoena manadensis AU: Sulawesi
92 Sula cuckoo-dove Turacoena sulaensis AU: Sula Islands and Banggai Archipelago
93 Black cuckoo-dove Turacoena modesta AU: Lesser Sundas
94 Emerald-spotted wood dove Turtur chalcospilos AF: eastern and southern Africa
95 Black-billed wood dove Turtur abyssinicus AF: Sub-Saharan belt
96 Blue-spotted wood dove Turtur afer AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
97 Tambourine dove Turtur tympanistria AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Comoros
98 Blue-headed wood dove Turtur brehmeri AF: Equatorial Africa
99 Namaqua dove Oena capensis AF: Sub-Saharan Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar
100 Common emerald dove Chalcophaps indica OR, AU: southern China to New Guinea
101 Pacific emerald dove Chalcophaps longirostris AU: Australasia
102 Stephan's emerald dove Chalcophaps stephani AU: Sulawesi, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
103 New Guinea bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons AU: New Guinea
104 New Britain bronzewing Henicophaps foersteri AU: Bismarck Archipelago
105 Common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera AU: Australia
106 Brush bronzewing Phaps elegans AU: southern Australia
107 Flock bronzewing Phaps histrionica AU: Australia
108 Crested pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes AU: Australia
109 Spinifex pigeon Geophaps plumifera AU: Australia
110 Squatter pigeon Geophaps scripta AU: northeast Australia
111 Partridge pigeon Geophaps smithii AU: northern Australia
112 Thick-billed ground pigeon Trugon terrestris AU: New Guinea
113 Wonga pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca AU: eastern Australia
114 Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis AU: northern Australia
115 White-quilled rock pigeon Petrophassa albipennis AU: north-western Australia
116 Diamond dove Geopelia cuneata AU: Australia
117 Zebra dove Geopelia striata OR: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java
118 Peaceful dove Geopelia placida AU: Australia and New Guinea
119 Barred dove Geopelia maugeus AU: Lesser Sundas and Moluccas
120 Bar-shouldered dove Geopelia humeralis AU: Australia and New Guinea
121 Inca dove Columbina inca NA, MA: southwestern USA to Costa Rica
122 Scaled dove Columbina squammata SA: northern and eastern South America
123 Common ground dove Columbina passerina NA, MA, SA: southern USA into Brazil
124 Plain-breasted ground dove Columbina minuta MA, SA: southern Central America and northern South America
125 Ecuadorian ground dove Columbina buckleyi SA: western Ecuador and northwestern Peru
126 Ruddy ground dove Columbina talpacoti MA, SA: Mexico to Argentina
127 Picui ground dove Columbina picui SA: Brazil to Chile and Argentina
128 Croaking ground dove Columbina cruziana SA: northern Ecuador to Chile
129 Blue-eyed ground dove Columbina cyanosis SA: Cerrado of Brazil
130 Blue ground dove Claravis pretiosa MA, SA: Mexico to Argentina
131 Purple-winged ground dove Paraclaravis godefrida SA: southern Atlantic Forest (Brazil to Argentina)
132 Maroon-chested ground dove Paraclaravis mondetoura MA, SA: Mexico to Bolivia
131 Bare-faced ground dove Metriopelia ceciliae SA: Altiplano of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
134 Moreno's ground dove Metriopelia morenoi SA: Argentina
135 Black-winged ground dove Metriopelia melanoptera SA: Andes
136 Golden-spotted ground dove Metriopelia aymara SA: Altiplano of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
137 Long-tailed ground dove Uropelia campestris SA: Brazil and Bolivia
138 Blue-headed quail-dove Starnoenas cyanocephala NA: Cuba
139 Purple quail-dove Geotrygon purpurata SA: northwestern Colombia to northwestern Ecuador
140 Sapphire quail-dove Geotrygon saphirina SA: western Amazon Basin
141 Crested quail-dove Geotrygon versicolor NA: Jamaica
142 Ruddy quail-dove Geotrygon montana MA, SA: Central America and northern South America
143 Violaceous quail-dove Geotrygon violacea MA, SA: southern Central America and northern South America
144 Grey-fronted quail-dove Geotrygon caniceps NA: Cuba
145 White-fronted quail-dove Geotrygon leucometopia NA: Hispaniola
146 Key West quail-dove Geotrygon chrysia NA: northern Caribbean
147 Bridled quail-dove Geotrygon mystacea NA: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and northern Lesser Antilles
148 Olive-backed quail-dove Leptotrygon veraguensis MA, SA: Costa Rica to Ecuador
149 White-tipped dove Leptotila verreauxi NA, MA, SA: southern Texas to Argentina
150 Yungas dove Leptotila megalura SA: Bolivia and Argentina
151 Grey-fronted dove Leptotila rufaxilla SA: Colombia to Argentina
152 Grey-headed dove Leptotila plumbeiceps MA, SA: Mexico to Colombia
153 Pallid dove Leptotila pallida SA: western Colombia and Ecuador
154 Azuero dove Leptotila battyi MA: Panama
155 Grenada dove Leptotila wellsi NA: Grenada
156 Caribbean dove Leptotila jamaicensis NA, MA: Cayman Islands,Jamaica, Yucatán Peninsula
157 Grey-chested dove Leptotila cassinii MA, SA: Guatemala to Colombia
158 Ochre-bellied dove Leptotila ochraceiventris SA: Ecuador and Peru
159 Tolima dove Leptotila conoveri SA: Colombian Andes
160 Tuxtla quail-dove Zentrygon carrikeri MA: southeastern Mexico
161 Buff-fronted quail-dove Zentrygon costaricensis MA: Costa Rica and Panama
162 Purplish-backed quail-dove Zentrygon lawrencii MA: Costa Rica and Panama
163 White-faced quail-dove Zentrygon albifacies MA: Mexico to Nicaragua
164 White-throated quail-dove Zentrygon frenata SA: Andes from Colombia to northwestern Argentina
165 Lined quail-dove Zentrygon linearis SA: Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago
166 Chiriqui quail-dove Zentrygon chiriquensis MA: Costa Rica and Panama
167 Russet-crowned quail-dove Zentrygon goldmani MA, SA: Panama and Colombia
168 Passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius (extinct) NA: central and eastern USA and Canada
169 Mourning dove Zenaida macroura NA, MA: North America to Panama
170 Socorro dove Zenaida graysoni MA: Soccoro Island (Mexico)
171 Eared dove Zenaida auriculata SA: South America
172 Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita NA: West Indies and Yucatán Peninsula
173 Galápagos dove Zenaida galapagoensis SA: Galápagos Islands
174 White-winged dove Zenaida asiatica NA, MA: southwestern USA to Panama; Greater Antilles
175 West Peruvian dove Zenaida meloda SA: South American west coast
176 Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica OR, AU: Andaman Islands to Philippines and Solomon Islands
177 Spotted green pigeon Caloenas maculata (extinct) South Pacific or Indian Ocean island(?)
178 Sulawesi ground dove Gallicolumba tristigmata AU: Sulawesi
179 Cinnamon ground dove Gallicolumba rufigula AU: New Guinea
180 Luzon bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica OR: Luzon (Philippines)
181 Mindanao bleeding-heart Gallicolumba crinigera OR: Philippines
182 Mindoro bleeding-heart Gallicolumba platenae OR: primarily Mindoro (Philippines)
183 Negros bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi OR: primarily Negros (Philippines)
184 Sulu bleeding-heart Gallicolumba menagei OR: Sulu (Philippines)
185 Wetar ground dove Pampusana hoedtii OR: Wetar and Timor
186 White-breasted ground dove Pampusana jobiensis AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
187 White-fronted ground dove Pampusana kubaryi PO: Caroline Islands
188 Polynesian ground dove Pampusana erythroptera PO: Tuamotu Archipelago
189 White-throated ground dove Pampusana xanthonura PO: Mariana and Caroline Islands
190 Norfolk ground dove Pampusana norfolciensis (extinct) PO: Norfolk Island
191 Tongan ground dove Pampusana stairi PO: Tonga and neighboring islands
192 Santa Cruz ground dove Pampusana sanctaecrucis AU: southern Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
193 Tanna ground dove Pampusana ferruginea (extinct) PO: Tanna Islands (Vanuatu)
194 Thick-billed ground dove Pampusana salamonis (extinct) AU: Makira and Ramos (Solomon Islands)
195 Marquesan ground dove Pampusana rubescens PO: Marquesas Islands
196 Bronze ground dove Pampusana beccarii AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
197 Palau ground dove Pampusana canifrons AU: Palau
198 Choiseul pigeon Microgoura meeki (extinct) AU: Choiseul (Solomon Islands)
199 Pheasant pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis AU: New Guinea
200 Western crowned pigeon Goura cristata AU: western New Guinea
201 Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon Goura scheepmakeri AU: southeastern New Guinea
202 Sclater's crowned pigeon Goura sclaterii AU: southern New Guinea
203 Victoria crowned pigeon Goura victoria AU: northern New Guinea
204 Dodo Raphus cucullatus (extinct) IO: Mauritius Island
205 Rodrigues solitaire Pezophaps solitaria (extinct) IO: Rodrigues Island
206 Tooth-billed pigeon Didunculus strigirostris PO: Samoa
207 White-eared brown dove Phapitreron leucotis OR: Philippines
208 Amethyst brown dove Phapitreron amethystinus OR: Philippines
209 Tawitawi brown dove Phapitreron cinereiceps OR: Tawi-Tawi Islands (Philippines)
210 Mindanao brown dove Phapitreron brunneiceps OR: Mindanao and Basilan (Philippines)
211 Cinnamon-headed green pigeon Treron fulvicollis OR: Malay Peninsula to Borneo
212 Little green pigeon Treron olax OR: Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas
213 Pink-necked green pigeon Treron vernans OR: Southeast Asia mainland to Philippines and Sulawesi
214 Orange-breasted green pigeon Treron bicinctus OR: south and southeast Asia to Bali
215 Sri Lanka green pigeon Treron pompadora OR: Sri Lanka
216 Grey-fronted green pigeon Treron affinis OR: southern India
217 Ashy-headed green pigeon Treron phayrei OR: Himalayas to Southeast Asia
218 Andaman green pigeon Treron chloropterus OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
219 Philippine green pigeon Treron axillaris OR: Philippines
220 Buru green pigeon Treron aromaticus OR: Buru Island (Indonesia)
221 Thick-billed green pigeon Treron curvirostra OR: Nepal to Philippines and Borneo
222 Grey-cheeked green pigeon Treron griseicauda OR: Sulawesi, Java, and Bali (Indonesia)
223 Sumba green pigeon Treron teysmannii AU: Sumba (Indonesia)
224 Flores green pigeon Treron floris AU: Lesser Sundas
225 Timor green pigeon Treron psittaceus AU: Timor (Indonesia)
226 Large green pigeon Treron capellei OR: Malay Peninsula to Borneo and Java
227 Yellow-footed green pigeon Treron phoenicopterus OR: Pakistan to Southeast Asia
228 Bruce's green pigeon Treron waalia AF, EU: Sub-Saharan belt and Arabian Peninsula
229 Madagascar green pigeon Treron australis AF: Madagascar
230 Comoros green pigeon Treron griveaudi AF: Comoros
231 African green pigeon Treron calvus AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
232 Pemba green pigeon Treron pembaensis AF: Pemba Island (Tanzania)
233 Sao Tome green pigeon Treron sanctithomae AF: São Tomé
234 Pin-tailed green pigeon Treron apicauda OR: Himalayas to Southeast Asia
235 Sumatran green pigeon Treron oxyurus OR: Sumatra and Java
236 Yellow-vented green pigeon Treron seimundi OR: Laos, Vietnam, and Malay Peninsula
237 Wedge-tailed green pigeon Treron sphenurus OR: Himalayas to Bali and Lombok
238 White-bellied green pigeon Treron sieboldii EU, OR: Japan to Southeast Asia
239 Ryukyu green pigeon Treron permagnus OR: Ryukyu Islands of Japan
240 Taiwan green pigeon Treron formosae OR: Taiwan and northern Philippines
241 Banded fruit dove Ptilinopus cinctus AU: Bali and Lesser Sundas
242 Black-banded fruit dove Ptilinopus alligator AU: northern Australia
243 Red-naped fruit dove Ptilinopus dohertyi OR: Sumba (Indonesia)
244 Pink-headed fruit dove Ptilinopus porphyreus OR: Sumatra and Java
245 Flame-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus marchei OR: Luzon (Philippines)
246 Cream-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus merrilli OR: northern Philippines
247 Yellow-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus occipitalis OR: Philippines
248 Red-eared fruit dove Ptilinopus fischeri OR: Sulawesi
249 Jambu fruit dove Ptilinopus jambu OR: Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas
250 Maroon-chinned fruit dove Ptilinopus subgularis AU: Banggai Islands (Indonesia)
251 Oberholser's fruit dove Ptilinopus gularis AU: Sulawesi
252 Sula fruit dove Ptilinopus mangoliensis AU: Sula Islands (Indonesia)
253 Black-chinned fruit dove Ptilinopus leclancheri OR: Philippines and Taiwan
254 Scarlet-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus bernsteinii AU: northern Moluccas
255 Wompoo fruit dove Ptilinopus magnificus AU: New Guinea and Queensland
256 Pink-spotted fruit dove Ptilinopus perlatus AU: New Guinea
257 Ornate fruit dove Ptilinopus ornatus AU: New Guinea
258 Tanna fruit dove Ptilinopus tannensis AU: Vanuatu
259 Orange-fronted fruit dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons AU: New Guinea
260 Wallace's fruit dove Ptilinopus wallacii AU: Wallacea
261 Superb fruit dove Ptilinopus superbus AU: Moluccas, Melanesia, and northeastern Australia
262 Many-colored fruit dove Ptilinopus perousii PO: Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
263 Crimson-crowned fruit dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus PO: Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
264 Purple-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus ponapensis PO: Chuuk and Pohnpei (Caroline Islands)
265 Kosrae fruit dove Ptilinopus hernsheimi PO: Kosrae (Caroline Islands)
266 Palau fruit dove Ptilinopus pelewensis PO: Palau
267 Lilac-crowned fruit dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis PO: Cook Islands
268 Mariana fruit dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla PO: Guam and northern Marianas
269 Rose-crowned fruit dove Ptilinopus regina AU: Lesser Sundas and Australia
270 Silver-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus richardsii AU: Solomon Islands
271 Raiatea fruit-dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster PO: western Society Islands
272 Grey-green fruit dove Ptilinopus purpuratus PO: eastern Society Islands
273 Makatea fruit dove Ptilinopus chalcurus PO: Tuamotus
274 Atoll fruit dove Ptilinopus coralensis PO: Tuamotus
275 Red-bellied fruit dove Ptilinopus greyii AU: Solomon Islands to New Caledonia
276 Rapa fruit dove Ptilinopus huttoni PO: Rapa Iti
277 White-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii PO: Marquesas Islands
278 Red-moustached fruit dove Ptilinopus mercierii (extinct) PO: Marquesas Islands
279 Henderson fruit dove Ptilinopus insularis PO: Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands)
280 Coroneted fruit dove Ptilinopus coronulatus AU: New Guinea
281 Beautiful fruit dove Ptilinopus pulchellus AU: New Guinea
282 Blue-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus monacha AU: northern Moluccas
283 White-bibbed fruit dove Ptilinopus rivoli AU: Moluccas to Bismarck Archipelago
284 Geelvink fruit dove Ptilinopus speciosus AU: islands in Geelvink Bay, New Guinea
285 Yellow-bibbed fruit dove Ptilinopus solomonensis AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and New Britain
286 Claret-breasted fruit dove Ptilinopus viridis AU: Moluccas, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
287 White-headed fruit dove Ptilinopus eugeniae AU: Makira and neighboring islands (Solomon Islands)
288 Orange-bellied fruit dove Ptilinopus iozonus AU: New Guinea
289 Knob-billed fruit dove Ptilinopus insolitus AU: Bismarck Archipelago
290 Grey-headed fruit dove Ptilinopus hyogastrus AU: northern Moluccas
291 Carunculated fruit dove Ptilinopus granulifrons AU: central Moluccas
292 Black-naped fruit dove Ptilinopus melanospila OR, AU: Philippines to Sulawesi and Bali
293 Dwarf fruit dove Ptilinopus nanus AU: New Guinea
294 Negros fruit dove Ptilinopus arcanus OR: Negros (Philippines)
295 Orange fruit dove Ptilinopus victor PO: Fiji
296 Golden fruit dove Ptilinopus luteovirens PO: Fiji
297 Whistling fruit dove Ptilinopus layardi PO: Fiji
298 Cloven-feathered dove Drepanoptila holosericea AU: New Caledonia
299 Mauritius blue pigeon Alectroenas nitidissima (extinct) IO: Mauritius Island
300 Madagascar blue pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis AF: Madagascar
301 Comoros blue pigeon Alectroenas sganzini AF: Comoros and Aldabra
302 Seychelles blue pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrimus AF: Seychelles
303 Pink-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula poliocephala OR: Philippines
304 White-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula forsteni AU: Sulawesi
305 Mindoro imperial pigeon Ducula mindorensis OR, EU: Mindoro (Philippines)
306 Grey-headed imperial pigeon Ducula radiata AU: Sulawesi
307 Spotted imperial pigeon Ducula carola OR: Philippines
308 Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea OR: India to Philippines, Borneo, and Lesser Sundas
309 Nicobar imperial pigeon Ducula nicobarica OR: Nicobar Islands
310 Spectacled imperial pigeon Ducula perspicillata AU: Moluccas
311 Seram imperial pigeon Ducula neglecta AU: Seram Island
312 Elegant imperial pigeon Ducula concinna AU: Wallacea
313 Pacific imperial pigeon Ducula pacifica PO: Bismarck Archipelago to Cook Islands
314 Micronesian imperial pigeon Ducula oceanica PO: Micronesia
315 Polynesian imperial pigeon Ducula aurorae PO: French Polynesia
316 Marquesan imperial pigeon Ducula galeata PO: Nuku Hiva
317 Red-knobbed imperial pigeon Ducula rubricera AU: Bismark Archipelago and Solomon Islands
318 Spice imperial pigeon Ducula myristicivora AU: Widi Island (northeast Moluccas) and western Papuan islands
319 Geelvink imperial pigeon Ducula geelvinkiana AU: islands in Geelvink Bay, New Guinea
320 Purple-tailed imperial pigeon Ducula rufigaster AU: New Guinea
321 Cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula basilica AU: Moluccas
322 Finsch's imperial pigeon Ducula finschii AU: Bismark Archipelago
323 Rufescent imperial pigeon Ducula chalconota AU: New Guinea
324 Island imperial pigeon Ducula pistrinaria AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
325 Pink-headed imperial pigeon Ducula rosacea AU: Lesser Sundas
326 Christmas imperial pigeon Ducula whartoni OR: Christmas Island
327 Grey imperial pigeon Ducula pickeringii OR: Borneo to Philippines
328 Barking imperial pigeon Ducula latrans PO: Fiji
329 Chestnut-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula brenchleyi AU: Solomon Islands
330 Vanuatu imperial pigeon Ducula bakeri AU: Vanuatu
331 Goliath imperial pigeon Ducula goliath AU: New Caledonia
332 Pinon's imperial pigeon Ducula piñon AU: New Guinea
333 Black imperial pigeon Ducula melanochroa AU: Bismarck Archipelago
334 Collared imperial pigeon Ducula mullerii AU: Aru Islands and New Guinea
335 Zoe's imperial pigeon Ducula zoeae AU: New Guinea
336 Malabar imperial pigeon Ducula cuprea OR: southwestern India
337 Mountain imperial pigeon Ducula badia OR: Himalayas to Java
338 Dark-backed imperial pigeon Ducula lacernulata OR, AU: Java and Lesser Sundas
339 Timor imperial pigeon Ducula cineracea AU: Timor and Wetar
340 Pied imperial pigeon Ducula bicolor OR: Southeast Asia to Philippines and New Guinea
341 Silver-tipped imperial pigeon Ducula luctuosa OR: Sulawesi
342 Torresian imperial pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa AU: Aru Islands, New Guinea, and Torres Strait Islands
and northern Australia
343 Yellowish imperial pigeon Ducula subflavescens AU: Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands
344 Topknot pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus AU: eastern Australia
345 New Zealand pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae AU: New Zealand
346 Chatham pigeon Hemiphaga chathamensis AU: Chatham Island
347 Sombre pigeon Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa AU: Sulawesi
348 Papuan mountain pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii AU: Bacan Islands, New Guinea, and Bismarck Archipelago
349 Buru mountain pigeon Gymnophaps mada AU: Buru Island (Indonesia)
350 Seram mountain pigeon Gymnophaps stalkeri AU: Seram Island (Indonesia)
351 Pale mountain pigeon Gymnophaps solomonensis AU: Solomon Islands

References

  1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 8, 2022.