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 26 species which occur in Burma.
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
- Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta
- Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera
- Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenura
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Burma
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