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Columba Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177062

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Aplopelia Bonaparte, 1855
	Common Name(s):	Pigeons [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2020

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Columbiformes – Doves, colombes, pigeons, Pigeons
	Family	Columbidae – Doves, colombes, pigeons
	Subfamily	Columbinae
	Genus	Columba Linnaeus, 1758 – Pigeons
		Direct Children:
	Species	Columba albinucha Sassi, 1911 – White-naped Pigeon
	Species	Columba albitorques Rüppell, 1837 – White-collared Pigeon
	Species	Columba argentina Bonaparte, 1855 – Silvery Pigeon
	Species	Columba arquatrix Temminck, 1808 – African Olive Pigeon
	Species	Columba bollii Godman, 1872 – Bolle's Pigeon
	Species	Columba delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847 – Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
	Species	Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832) – Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856 – Yellow-eyed Pigeon
	Species	Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 – Speckled Pigeon
	Species	Columba hodgsonii Vigors, 1832 – Speckled Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba iriditorques Cassin, 1856 – Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
	Species	Columba janthina Temminck, 1830 – Japanese Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba jouyi (Stejneger, 1887) – Ryukyu Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba junoniae Hartert, 1916 – Laurel Pigeon
	Species	Columba larvata Temminck, 1809 – African Lemon Dove, Lemon Dove
	Species	Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821 – White-headed Pigeon
	Species	Columba leuconota Vigors, 1831 – Snow Pigeon
	Species	Columba livia J. F. Gmelin, 1789 – Paloma doméstica, Rock Dove, pigeon biset, Common Pigeon, Rock Pigeon
	Species	Columba malherbii J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851 – Island Bronze-naped Pigeon
	Species	Columba oenas Linnaeus, 1758 – Stock Dove
	Species	Columba oliviae S. Clarke, 1918 – Somali Pigeon
	Species	Columba pallidiceps (E. P. Ramsay, 1878) – Yellow-legged Pigeon
	Species	Columba palumboides (Hume, 1873) – Andaman Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba pollenii Schlegel, 1865 – Comoros Olive Pigeon
	Species	Columba pulchricollis Blyth, 1846 – Ashy Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba punicea Blyth, 1842 – Pale-capped Pigeon
	Species	Columba rupestris Pallas, 1811 – Hill Pigeon
	Species	Columba sjostedti Reichenow, 1901 – Cameroon Olive Pigeon
	Species	Columba thomensis Barboza du Bocage, 1888 – Sao Tome Olive Pigeon
	Species	Columba torringtoniae (Kelaart, 1853) – Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba trocaz Heineken, 1829 – Trocaz Pigeon
	Species	Columba unicincta Cassin, 1860 – Afep Pigeon
	Species	Columba versicolor Kittlitz, 1832 – Bonin Wood Pigeon
	Species	Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 – Metallic Pigeon

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Columba

	Expert:	Richard C. Banks
	Notes:	Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
	Reference for:	Columba

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	IOC World Bird List (v 10.1), website (version 10.1), website (version 10.1)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2020. IOC World Bird List (v 10.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 01 April, 2020]
	Reference for:	Columba

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Columba

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.04.03, website (version 03-Apr-20)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Columba

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Columba

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Linnaeus, Carolus
	Publication Date:	1758
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1
	Page(s):	824
	Publisher:	Laurentii Salvii
	Publication Place:	Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden)
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	Available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN362053006 and http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
	Reference for:	original description

Geographic Information


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Comments


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