Pigeons and Doves
Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. There are 308 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in Pakistan.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Pale-backed Pigeon Columba eversmanni
- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Speckled Wood-Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur (A)
- Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Pompadour Green-Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Yellow-footed Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera
