Robert Siegel
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Doves and pigeons

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae

Species on page - 19 species, 12 genera depicted - (out of around 310 species and around 42 genera)

+ Victoria Crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)

+ Rock dove / common pigeon (Columba livia)
+ Speckled pigeon (Columba guinea)
+ Lemon dove (Columba larvata)
+ Band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
+ New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp.novaeseelandiae)
+ Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
+ Galá dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)
+ White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)
+ Western Peruvian dove (Zenaida meloda)
+ Zenaida dove (Zenaida )
+ Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
+ Spotted dove (Streptopelia chinensis)

+ Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

+ Namaqua dove (Oena capensis)
+ Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
+ Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)
+ Asian emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
+ White-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi)

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Victoria Crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)

Papua New Guinea

Victoria Crowned pigeon

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Goura victoria
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)

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Rock dove / common pigeon (Goura victoria)

Palo Alto Baylands

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Rock dove / common pigeon (Columba livia)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Palo Alto Baylands
2012

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Iridescence

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Rock dove / common pigeon (Columba livia)
Family: Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
Palo Alto Baylands>br>

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Rocky

Rock dove / common pigeon (Columba livia)
Family: Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
Windhoek, Namibia
August 12, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Pigeon strut

iceland 2019
Rock dove / common pigeon (Columba livia)
Family: Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
Seyðisfjürðar, Iceland
September 9, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Face of rock

iceland 2019
Rock dove / common pigeon (Columba livia)
Family: Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
Siglufjürður, Iceland
September 11, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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new zealand

Rock dove / common pigeon (Columba livia)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Wharf
Auckland, New Zealand 2022
December 16, 2022
Canon R5
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Pigeon feet

new zealand

Rock dove / common pigeon (Columba livia)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Birdfeet
Wharf
Auckland, New Zealand 2022
December 16, 2022
Canon R5
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Speckled pigeon (Columba guinea)

Speckled

speckled dove
Speckled pigeon (Columba guinea)
Beach by Santos Express
Mossel Bay, Garden Route, South Africa
January 23, 2016

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Pigeon

Speckled pigeon or African rock pigeon (Columba guinea)
Namibia
August 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Lemon dove (Columba larvata)

Lemony

lemon dove

Lemon dove (Columba larvata)
February 12, 2016
Kingfisher Inn
Wilderness, Garden Route, South Africa
Canon 7Dmark2

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Band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)

woodside

Band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Bioblitz
Woodside
November 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2
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Lemony close

lemon dove

Lemon dove (Columba larvata)
February 12, 2016
Kingfisher Inn
Wilderness, Garden Route, South Africa
Canon 7Dmark2

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Common ground dove Columbina passerina)

Finding common ground

dove

Common ground dove Columbina passerina)
Family: Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
Green Cay, Florida
March 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

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Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

Yosemite

Mourning dove

dove
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Yosemite

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baylands

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Palo Alto Baylands
December 17, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

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Mourning

dove

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Campus Drive loop
October 13, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
April 2, 2021
Canon R5

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Galá dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)

Dove

galapagos dove

Galá Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)
Gala´pagos
July 31, 2015

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White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)

White on

dove

White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Family: Columbidae
Green Cay, Florida
March 29, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

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Western Peruvian dove (Zenaida meloda)

Dove

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Western Peruvian dove (Zenaida meloda)
Family: Columbidae
Lima, Peru
July 16, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
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Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)

Puerto Rico 2021
Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
Family: Columbidae doves and pigeons
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
Canon R5

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Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

South Florida

Invader

dove
Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Family: Columbidae (doves)
Hollywood, Florida
Pierce Street
December 3, 2012

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Collared

TY park

Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Family: Columbidae (doves)
Topeekeegee Yugnee (TY) park
Hollywood, Florida
April 11, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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florida 2021
Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Family: Columbidae (doves)
Wakodahatchee, Florida
April 21, 2021
Canon R5

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When doves forget their deodorant

florida 2021
Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Family: Columbidae (doves)
Green Cay, Florida
May 11, 2021
Canon R5

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Spotted dove (Streptopelia chinensis)

Bali, Indonesia

Spotted Dove

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Spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis
Family: Columbidae (doves, pigeons)
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
August 12, 2012

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Spotted dove

spotted dove
Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
Hobart, Tasmania
August 28, 2015
Canon 7DMark2
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new caledonia

Spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis
Family: Columbidae (doves, pigeons)
Parc zoologique et forestier
New Caledonia 2022
December 17, 2022
Canon 7Dmark2
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Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

Crested pigeon

crested pigeon
Ocyphaps lophotes
August 21, 2015
Western Australia

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Namaqua dove (Oena capensis)

Namaqua

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Namaqua dove (Oena capensis)
Family: Columbidae (doves)
Kirindy, Madagascar
July 12, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

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Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)

Laughing

Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
Namibia
August 22, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Sitting dove

Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
Sesfontein
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)

Zebra in Hawaii

hawaii 2017

Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)
Family: Columbidae
Hawaii
June 23, 2017
Canon 7D mark II

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Asian emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)

san diego zoo
Asian emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
San Diego Zoo
March 28, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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White-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi)

White-tipped dove

pantanal
White-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Porto Jofre
The Pantanal
July 25, 2019
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

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New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp.novaeseelandiae)

new zealand

New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp.novaeseelandiae)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Botanical Garden
Auckland, New Zealand 2022
December 16, 2022
Canon R5
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new zealand

New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp.novaeseelandiae)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Botanical Garden
Auckland, New Zealand 2022
December 10, 2022
Canon R5

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new zealand

New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp.novaeseelandiae)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Botanical Garden
Auckland, New Zealand 2022
December 10, 2022
Canon R5

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Pigeon

new zealand

New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp.novaeseelandiae)
Family: Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Otorohanga, New Zealand 2022
December 13, 2022
Canon R5
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Last modified: January 3, 2024
Created: January 4, 2012
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