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How many species of Columbidae have you seen?

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  1. Kakapo

    Kakapo Well-Known Member

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    74 species in captivity (plus 1 hybrid, Ducula aenea x Ducula concinna), and 8 species in the wild. 6 species in both groups, so total is 76 species. Species seen in the wild but not captive are Zenaida macroura and Streptopelia tranquebarica.

    I wonder how anybody in the world (Tetzoo Quizzer) can see 100 species of pigeons in the wild????? Only a person that traveled a lot with the exclusive objective of adding new pigeon species to its life list could reach that!
     
  2. Tetzoo Quizzer

    Tetzoo Quizzer Well-Known Member

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    No, I have travelled a lot with the aim of seeing lots of birds, and now every bird family in the wild is my aim, but I have not deliberately aimed at pigeons! If I had, then there are easy targets I have missed, such as the three Laurel pigeon species. I have birded in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Guatemala, USA, Europe, Israel, Turkey, Morocco, Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon, South Africa, Madagascar, Thailand, China, Japan, Borneo, PNG and Australia, so plenty of chances to add species.
     
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  3. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    How many non-Passerine families (if any) do you have remaining to see? :)
     
  4. Tetzoo Quizzer

    Tetzoo Quizzer Well-Known Member

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    Eight Non - Passerine families to go-
    Kiwis and New Zealand Parrots.
    Todies.
    Seriemas and Trumpeters.
    Secretary-bird.
    Plains Wanderer.
    Kagu.
    And 20 Passerine families.
     
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  5. TheChukaulorian

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    I've seen most of my country's native wild columbids except for those who only inhabit the northern tip. These include:
    • Feral pigeon
    • Eared dove
    • West Peruvian dove
    • Chilean pigeon
    • Picui ground-dove
    • Black-winged ground dove
    Plus some escaped individuals of Eurasian collared doves.

    Pigeons sadly seem to be an unpopular family at the local zoos, which mostly hold either native species or fancy breeds of domestic pigeons.
     
  6. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Here my list of pigeons seen in the wild:

    Rock Dove
    White-headed Pigeon
    Topknot Pigeon
    Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
    Zebra Dove
    Peaceful Dove
    Bar-shouldered Dove
    Diamond Dove
    Crested Pigeon
    Spinifex Pigeon
    Brown-cuckoo Dove
    Woompoo Pigeon
    Spotted Dove
    Orange-breasted Green Pigeon
    Pacific Emerald Dove
     
  7. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I think I gonna split this one again in 3 parts : seen in the wild, taken care for myself and the ones seen in other collections ( both public and privat ).
    For the 2 last groups I don't have a clue howmany it will be ( have to check several note-books ) but the first group ( seen in the wild ) is not so big and this one I've already worked through and came to a number of 18 species :
    -1 : Stock dove - Columba oenas - the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
    -2 : Wood pigeon - Columba palumbus - The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic
    -3 Speckled pigeon - Columba guinea - the Gambia
    -4 Rock pigeon - Columba livia - Egypt
    -5 Collared turtle dove - Streptopelia decaocto - the Netherlands, Germany
    -6 Turtle dove - Streptopelia turtur - the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Czech Republic
    -7 Laughing dove - Streptopelia senegalensis - the Gambia, Egypt, Turkey
    -8 Vinaceous dove - Streptopelia vinacea - the Gambia
    -9 African collared dove - Streptopelia roseogrisea - the Gambia
    -10 African mourning dove - Streptopelia decipiens - the Gambia
    -11 Red-eyed dove - Streptopelia semitorquata - the Gambia
    -12 Tambourine dove - Turtur tympanistria - the Gambia
    -13 Namaqua dove - Oena capensis - the Gambia
    -14 Inca dove - Columbina inca - Mexico
    -15 Common ground dove - Columbina passerina - Mexico
    -16 Ruddy ground dove - Columbina talpacoti - Mexico
    -17 White-winged dove - Zenaida asiatica - Mexico
    -18 Mourning dove - Zenaida macroura - Mexico
    Not realy impresive but the next lists ( taken care for myself and seen at other collections ) will be a lot longer ;) !
     
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  8. vogelcommando

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    Have checked most of my notebooks and have a list of species taken care for which I hope is quite complete :
    1) Rock pigeon - Columba livia
    2) Speckled pigeon - Columba guinea
    3) Stock dove - Columba oenas
    4) Common wood pigeon - Columba palumbus
    5) Common olive pigeon - Columba arquatrix
    6) White-crowned pigeon - Columba leucocephala
    7) Pink pigeon - Nesoenas mayeri
    8) European turtle dove - Streptopelia turtur
    9) European collared dove - Streptopelia decaocto
    10) African collared dove - Streptopelia roseogrisea
    11) African mourning dove - Streptopelia decipiens
    12) Vinaceous dove - Streptopelia vinacea
    13) Spotted dove - Streptopelia chinensis
    14) Laughing dove - Streptopelia senegalensis
    15) Tambourine dove - Turtur tympanistria
    16) Namaqua dove - Oena capensis
    17) Emerald dove - Chalcophaps indica
    18) Common bronzewing - Phaps chalcoptera
    19) Brush bronzewing Phaps elegans
    20) Crested pigeon - Ocyphaps lophotes
    21) Spinifex pigeon - Geophaps plumifera
    22) Diamond dove - Geopelia cuneata
    23) Zebra dove - Geopelia striata
    24) Peaceful dove - Geopelia placida
    25) Bar-shouldered dove - Geopelia humeralis
    26) Wonga pigeon - Leucosarcia melanoleuca
    27) Socorro dove - Zenaida graysoni
    28) Glapagos dove - Zenaida galapagoensis
    29) Common ground dove - Columbina passerina
    30) Ruddy ground dove - Columbina talpacoti
    31) Croaking ground dove - Columbina cruziana
    32) Inca dove - Scardafella inca
    33) Scaled dove - Scardafella squammata
    34) Crested quail dove - Geotrygon versicolor
    35) Key West quail dove - Geotrygon chrysia
    36) Bridled quail dove - Geotrygon mystacea
    37) Ruddy quail dove - Geotrygon montana
    38) Blue-headed quail dove - Starnoenas cyanocephala
    39) Nicobar pigeon - Caloenas nicobarica
    40) Luzon bleeding heart - Gallicolumba luzonica
    41) Mindanao bleeding heart - Gallicolumba criniger
    42) Cinnamon ground dove - Gallicolumba rufigula
    43) Sulawesi ground dove - Gallicolumba tristigmata
    44) Thick-billed ground dove - Trugon terrestris
    45) Western crowned pigeon - Goura cristata
    46) Sclater's crowned pigeon - Goura sclaterii
    47) Victoria crowned pigeon - Goura victoria
    48) Green-collared pheasant pigeon - Otidiphaps nobilis
    49) White-naped pheasant pigeon - Otidiphaps aruensis
    50) Pink-necked green pigeon - Treron vernans
    51) Thick-billed green pigeon - Treron curvirostra
    52) Large green pigeon - Treron capellei
    53) Bruce's green pigeon - Treron waalia
    54) Wedge-tailed green pigeon - Treron sphenura
    55) Yellow-breasted fruit dove - Ptilinopus occipitalis
    56) Jambu fruit dove - Ptilinopus jambu
    57) Orange-fronted fruit dove - Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
    58) Superb fruit dove - Ptilinopus superbus
    59) Black-naped fruit dove - Ptilinopus melanospila
    60) Grey-necked imperial pigeon - Ducula carola
    61) Green imperial pigeon - Ducula aenea
    62) Island imperial pigeon - Ducula pistrinaria
    63) New Caledonian imperial pigeon - Ducula goliath
    64) Pinon imperial pigeon - Ducula pinon
    65) Pied imperial pigeon - Ducula bicolor
    66) White imperial pigeon - Ducula luctuosa
    Well possible that I've forgot one or a few species but I hope it's complete.
    If I put the species seen in the wild together with the species I've taken care for, there are only 3 species seen in the wild for which I didn't take care ( Red-eyed dove, White-winged dove and Mourning dove ) making sofar a total of 69 species seen but still a third group to go - species seen in ( other ) zoos, privat collections and in shows ( I guess another 50 + species).
     
  9. vogelcommando

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    Third list : species seen at ( other ) zoos, birdparks, privat collections, dealers and bird-shows :
    1) Ashy wood pigeon - Columba pulchricollis
    2) Nilgiri wood pigeon - Columba elphinstonii
    3) Picazuro pigeon - Columba picazuro
    4) Pale-capped pigeon Columba punicea
    5) Bare-eyed pigeon - Columba corensis
    6) Band-tailed pigeon - Columba fasciata
    7) Peruvian pigeon - Columba oenops
    8) Eastern bronze-naped pigeon - Columba delegorguei
    9) African lemon dove - Columba larvata
    10) Dusky turtle dove - Streptopelia lugens
    11) Oriental turtle dove - Streptopelia orientalis
    12) Island collared dove - Streptopelia bitorquata
    13) Red-eyed dove - Streptopelia semitorquata
    14) Ring-necked dove - Streptopelia capicola
    15) Red turtle dove - Streptopelia tranquebarica
    16) Madagascar turtle dove - Streptopelia picturata
    17) Barred cuckoo-dove - Macropygia unchall
    18) Small-billed cuckoo-dove - Macropygia amboinensis
    19) Little cuckoo-dove - Macropygia ruficeps
    20) Emerald-spotted wood-dove - Turtur chalcospilos
    21) Black-billed wood-dove - Turtur abyssinicus
    22) Blue-spotted wood-dove - Turtur afer
    23) Blue-headed wood-dove - Turtur brehmeri
    24) Barred dove - Geopelia maugei
    25) American mourning dove - Zenaida macroura
    26) Eared dove - Zenaida auriculata
    27) Zenaida dove - Zenaida aurita
    28) White-winged dove - Zenaida asiatica
    29) Plain-breasted ground-dove - Columbina minuta
    30) Ecuadorian ground-dove - Columbina buckleyi
    31) Picui dove - Columbina picui
    32) Blue ground-dove - Claravis pretiosa
    33) Bare-faced ground-dove - Metriopelia ceciliae
    34) White-tipped dove - Leptotila verreauxi
    35) Grey-fronted dove - Leptotila rufaxilla
    36) White-breasted ground-dove - Gallicolumba jobiensis
    37) Little green pigeon - Treron olax
    38) African green pigeon - Treron calva
    39) Pin-tailed green pigeon - Treron apicauda
    40) Pink-headed fruit dove - Ptilinopus porphyreus
    41) Black-chinned fruit dove - Ptilinopus leclancheri
    42) Wompoo fruit dove - Ptilinopus magnificus
    43) Pink-spotted fruit dove - Ptilinopus perlatus
    44) Rose-crowned fruit dove - Ptilinopus regina
    45) Coroneted fruit dove - Ptilinopus coronulatus
    46) Beautifull fruit dove - Ptilinopus pulchellus
    47) Orange-bellied fruit dove - Ptilinopus iozonus
    48) Dwarf fruit dove - Ptilinopus nanus
    49) Purple-tailed imperial pigeon - Ducula rufigaster
    50) Red-knobbed imperial pigeon - Ducula rubricera
    51) Pink-headed imperial pigeon - Ducula rosacea
    52) Mountain imperial pigeon - Ducula badia
    53) Torresian imperial pigeon - Ducula spilorrhoa
    54) Long-tailed mountain pigeon - Gymnophaps mada
    This is the list of species from which I'm sure I've seen them but I'm also sure I've forgotten at least a few species. In the 1980s / 1990s large numbers of esp. asian pigeon and dove species were offered in the trade and because I was a regular visitor of several dealers I'm sure I've seen several more species of Cuckoo-doves, fruit doves and imperial doves but I can't exactly remember which species but evenso with a total of 120 species seen for sure ( wild, taken care for myself and seen at other collections combinated ) I'm quite happy :).
     
  10. Prochilodus246

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    Eight captive species
    Four wild species
     
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    I'm up to 6 in the wild now.
     
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    Your typical urban pigeons (or rock dove), as well as Eurasian collared doves and common wood pigeons, are fairly common in my town, not quite on the same level as the dreaded seagulls but you still see a good few. As far as exotic captive species I've probably seen loads and just can't remember any, the one that comes to mind the most is a Victoria crowned pigeon at Edinburgh Zoo back when they used to keep tropical birds.
     
  13. Prochilodus246

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    When I visited Edinburgh last month I scoured the site for the tropical birds, shame they don't keep them anymore as I was hoping to get a better photograph of Otidiphaps aruensis
     
  14. vogelcommando

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    New species for my personal list of species seen at other collections which I had forgotten.
    Around 1992 I already had seen the Scaly-naped pigeon - Columba squamosa at the now closed Noorder Dierenpark at Emmen ( the Netherlands ) and last month I saw it again and was able to make some decent photos of it at Prague Zoo ( Czech Rep. ) :
     
  15. Salt Merchant

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    I've seen only zebra doves and feral pigeons in the wild. But I've seen 11 species in captivity, zoos and bird markets.
     
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    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    By a little zoo-trip which I made last month to the Czech Rep. I can add 3 more species on my personal list. 2 of them I could have seen before in the 1980s in the Dutch / Belgium bird-trade but can't remember for sure but now I am sure that I saw the White-eared brown-pigeon ( Phapitreron leucotis ) at Zoo Plzen :
    and at Zoo Prague I could clearly observe the New Guinea bronzewing ( Henicophaps albifrons ) :
    A third species I was able to see is for sure a Lifer for me because I'm sure that in the 1980s no ( or very few ) birds from Madagascar were avaible in the bird-trade. At Zoo Plzen I was however able to see a nice specimen of the Madagascar blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas madagascariensis ) :
    So now my total species of Pigeons and doves seen is 124 :).
     
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  17. Unenlagia90

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    I’ve seen many species of pigeons, both in wild and in zoos.

    Wild:
    Spotted dove
    Eurasian collared dove
    Oriental turtle dove

    Zoos, farms, pet shop and other private collections
    Domestic pigeon
    Speckled pigeon
    Peruvian pigeon
    Pheasant pigeon
    Victoria crowned pigeon
    Nicobar pigeon
    Tambourine dove
    Green imperial pigeon
    Pied imperial pigeon
    Red collared dove

    That’s all I can remember.
     
  18. Prochilodus246

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    Visited Reaseheath zoo today:

    4 white African collared doves
     
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    Rock pigeon and Mourning dove wild

    1. Rock pigeon (Columba livia)
    2. Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
    3. White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)
    4. Purplish-backed quail-dove (Zentrygon lawrencii)
    5. Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
    6. Asian emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
    7. Beautiful fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
    8. Wompoo fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
    9. Jambu fruit-dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
    10. Luzon bleeding-heart dove (Gallicolumba luzonica)
    11. Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)
    12. Western crowned pigeon (Goura cristata)
    13. Pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis)
    14. Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)