Field pigeons
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Stock dove |
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The field pigeons ( Columba ) are a species-rich genus of the pigeons (Columbidae) and belong within this species-rich family to the subfamily of the Columbinae . They are mostly found in the Old World . A genetic analysis by Kevin P. Johnson et al. suggests that the New World species, which behave like a sister group to Streptoplia , should be listed as a separate genus under the name American field pigeons Patagioenas . They are mostly tree dwellers, although most species occasionally come to the ground to eat.
Appearance feature
Field pigeons are medium-sized to large pigeons. The typical field pigeon is the size of a city or wood pigeon. Forest-dwelling species usually have shorter wings and longer tails. In the forest-dwelling wood pigeon , the characteristics of pigeons from open landscapes are still present in adolescence: the wings are longer and the tail is short in comparison. Blue, gray and brown plumage tones are typical. Many species have conspicuous spots around the neck. They differ from the lovebirds in their size, the longer tail and legs that are feathered in the front upper area.
Reproduction
Most species live in pairs. Both parent birds feed the young who are nestled. The clutch usually consists of two eggs. However, some species have clutches with only one egg. The European species change their small and large plumage after they have become independent.
species
- White-necked pigeon ( Columba albilinea )
- White-nosed dove ( Columba albinucha )
- Amharic Pigeon ( Columba albitorques )
- Silver pigeon ( Columba argentina )
- Olive pigeon ( Columba arquatrix )
- Bolles Laurel Pigeon ( Columba bollii )
- Bronze pigeon ( Columba delegorguei )
- Nilgiritaube ( Columba elphinstonii )
- Bank pigeon ( Columba eversmanni )
- Guinea pigeon ( Columba guinea )
- Black-billed olive pigeon ( Columba hodgsonii )
- Gloss head pigeon ( Columba iriditorques )
- Violet pigeon ( Columba janthina )
- Laurel pigeon ( Columba junoniae )
- White-breasted pigeon ( Columba leucomela )
- Snow pigeon ( Columba leuconota )
- Rock dove ( Columba livia )
- Malherbetaube ( Columba malherbii )
- Stock dove ( Columba oenas )
- Somali pigeon ( Columba oliviae )
- Yellow-footed pigeon ( Columba pallidiceps )
- Andaman pigeon ( Columba palumboides )
- Wood pigeon ( Columba palumbus )
- Comoros pigeon ( Columba polleni )
- Himalayan pigeon ( Columba pulchricollis )
- Copper pigeon ( Columba punicea )
- Cliff pigeon ( Columba rupestris )
- Red-billed olive pigeon ( Columba sjostedti )
- Long-tailed olive pigeon ( Columba thomensis )
- Ceylon pigeon ( Columba torringtonii )
- Silver- necked pigeon ( Columba trocaz )
- Congo pigeon ( Columba unicincta )
- White-cheeked pigeon ( Columba vitiensis )
Species that were previously counted among the field pigeons
In the following, the species are listed that were previously counted among the field pigeons, but are now generally assigned to the genus American field pigeons (Patagioenas) :
- Araucanian pigeon ( Patagioenas araucana )
- Caribbean pigeon ( Patagioenas caribaea )
- Red-backed pigeon ( Patagioenas cayennensis )
- Naked- eye pigeon (American pigeon) ( Patagioenas corensis )
- Scaled- neck pigeon ( Patagioenasa fasciata )
- Red-billed pigeon ( Patagioenas flavirostris )
- Goodson pigeon ( Patagioenas goodsoni )
- Rose shoulder pigeon ( Patagioenas inornata )
- White-headed pigeon ( Patagioenas leucocephala )
- Masked pigeon ( Patagioenas maculosa )
- Short-billed pigeon ( Patagioenas nigrirostris )
- Salvin Pigeon ( Patagioenas oenops )
- Picazuro pigeon ( Patagioenas picazuro )
- Wine pigeon ( Patagioenas plumbea )
- Shed abdominal Taube ( Patagioenas speciosa )
- Antilles pigeon ( Patagioenas squamosa )
- Purple pigeon ( Patagioenas subvinacea )
The following species is also no longer assigned to the field pigeons, but placed in an independent genus:
- Zimttaube ( Aplopelia larvata )
For the Sao Tomé pigeon it is still unclear whether it will be treated as Aplopelia larvata simple and thus as a subspecies of the cinnamon pigeon or whether it will be granted its own species status. It would then be listed accordingly as Aplpelia simplex .
literature
- Gerhard Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth - free life, keeping and breeding , Verlag M. & H. Schaper, Alfeld-Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7944-0184-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b [1] (PDF; 243 kB) Genetic analysis by Kevin P. Johnson et al.
- ↑ a b Rösler, p. 72
- ↑ Avibase on the cinnamon dove , accessed on October 21, 2016
- ↑ Handbold of the Birds of the World , accessed October 21