Pigeons and Doves : a Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World
This volume is dedicated to the field identification of pigeons and doves, and it incorporates much recent information on the family. Pigeons and doves are a large family of birds occurring throughout the world. Many species are specialist frugivores, while others feed on seeds. Most are arboral and the tropical species in particular are often brightly coloured. The family includes gregarious migratory species, as well as shy, ground-dwelling forms such as the exotic crowned pigeons of New Guinea.""
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COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SCOPE AND LAYOUT OF THE BOOK; TOPOGRAPHY; COLOUR PLATES; SYSTEMATIC SECTION; RAPHUS; Dodo: Raphus cucullatus; Réunion Solitaire: Raphus solitarius; PEZOPHAPS; Rodrigues Solitaire: Pezophaps solitaria; COLUMBA; Rock Pigeon: Columba livia; Hill Pigeon: Columba rupestris; Snow Pigeon: Columba leuconota; Speckled Pigeon: Columba guinea; White-collared Pigeon: Columba albitorques; Stock Pigeon: Columba oenas; Pale-backed Pigeon: Columba eversmanni; Somali Pigeon: Columba oliviae; Common Wood Pigeon: Columba palumbus; Trocaz Pigeon: Columba trocaz. Bolle's Pigeon: Columba bolliiLaurel Pigeon: Columba junoniae; Afep Pigeon: Columba unicincta; Cameroon Olive Pigeon: Columba sjostedti; São Tomé Olive Pigeon: Columba thomensis; African Olive Pigeon: Columba arquatrix; Comoro Olive Pigeon: Columba pollenii; Speckled Wood Pigeon: Columba hodgsonii; White-naped Pigeon: Columba albinucha; Ashy Wood Pigeon: Columba pulchricollis; Nilgiri Wood Pigeon: Columba elphinstonii; Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon: Columba torringtoni; Pale-capped Pigeon: Columba punicea; Silvery Wood Pigeon: Columba argentina; Andaman Wood Pigeon: Columba palumboides. Japanese Wood Pigeon: Columba janthinaMetallic Pigeon: Columba vitiensis; White-headed Pigeon: Columba leucomela; Bonin Wood Pigeon: Columba versicolor; Ryukyu Pigeon: Columba jouyi; Yellow-legged Pigeon: Columba pallidiceps; White-crowned Pigeon: Columba leucocephala; Scaly-naped Pigeon: Columba squamosa; Scaled Pigeon: Columba speciosa; Bare-eyed Pigeon: Columba corensis; Picazuro Pigeon: Columba picazuro; Spot-winged Pigeon: Columba maculosa; Band-tailed Pigeon: Columba fasciata; Chilean Pigeon: Columba araucana; Ring-tailed Pigeon: Columba caribaea; Pale-vented Pigeon: Columba cayennensis. Red-billed Pigeon: Columba flavirostrisMarañón Pigeon: Columba oenops; Plain Pigeon: Columba inornata; Plumbeous Pigeon: Columba plumbea; Ruddy Pigeon: Columba subvinacea; Short-billed Pigeon: Columba nigrirostris; Dusky Pigeon: Columba goodsoni; Western Bronze-naped Pigeon: Columba iriditorques; São Tomé Bronze-naped Pigeon: Columba malherbii; Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon: Columba delegorguei; Madagascar Turtle Dove: Columba picturata; Lemon Dove: Columba larvata; Pink Pigeon: Columba mayeri; STREPTOPELIA; European Turtle Dove: Streptopelia turtur; Adamawa Turtle Dove: Streptopelia hypopyrrha. Dusky Turtle Dove: Streptopelia lugensOriental Turtle Dove: Streptopelia orientalis; Laughing Dove: Streptopelia senegalensis; Spotted Dove: Streptopelia chinensis; Mourning Collared Dove: Streptopelia decipiens; Vinaceous Dove: Streptopelia vinacea; Ring-necked Dove: Streptopelia capicola; Red Collared Dove: Streptopelia tranquebarica; Red-eyed Dove: Streptopelia semitorquata; Eurasian Collared Dove: Streptopelia decaocto; African Collared Dove: Streptopelia roseogrisea; White-winged Collared Dove: Streptopelia reichenowi; Island Collared Dove: Streptopelia bitorquata; MACROPYGIA
Barred Cuckoo-Dove: Macropygia unchall