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Columbidae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Class Aves > Order Columbiformes > Family Columbidae

(From Wikipedia) Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes.

FACT: The verbal distinction between doves and pigeons is not actually unanimous, and doesn't tend to exist in most languages and cultures!

Currently discovered: 2/50 Genera

Genus

  1. Zenaida - Zenaida Doves
  2. Columba - Old World Pigeons