genus

Columba

Columba is a genus in the family Columbidae. This database currently files 42 species under it, 6 of them threatened, recorded across 1 countries.

Species filed: 42
Threatened: 6
Countries recorded: 1
With a free photo: 69%
Weight range: 125.9 g – 520 g

Best-known members of Columba

Ranked by popularity score.

Rock dove

Columba livia

Columbidae

Common wood pigeon

Columba palumbus

Columbidae

Stock dove

Columba oenas

Columbidae

Snow pigeon

Columba leuconota

Columbidae

Hill pigeon

Columba rupestris

Columbidae

Nilgiri wood pigeon

Columba elphinstonii

Columbidae

Speckled pigeon

Columba guinea

Columbidae

Yellow-eyed pigeon

Columba eversmanni

Columbidae

How threatened is Columba?

32 of 42 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN category	Species	Share of assessed
CRCritically Endangered	1	3%
ENEndangered	1	3%
VUVulnerable	4	13%
NTNear Threatened	4	13%
LCLeast Concern	22	69%

Where is Columba found?

Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.

None on record
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6+

species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Australia3

All species in Columba

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	Weight	Countries
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	354.2 g	Not recorded
Common wood pigeon	Columba palumbus	Columbidae	Least Concern	490 g	Not recorded
Stock dove	Columba oenas	Columbidae	Least Concern	290.8 g	Not recorded
Snow pigeon	Columba leuconota	Columbidae	Least Concern	284 g	Not recorded
Hill pigeon	Columba rupestris	Columbidae	Least Concern	245.4 g	Not recorded
Nilgiri wood pigeon	Columba elphinstonii	Columbidae	Least Concern	379 g	Not recorded
Speckled pigeon	Columba guinea	Columbidae	Least Concern	352 g	Not recorded
Yellow-eyed pigeon	Columba eversmanni	Columbidae	Vulnerable	202 g	Not recorded
White-collared pigeon	Columba albitorques	Columbidae	Least Concern	277 g	Not recorded
African olive pigeon	Columba arquatrix	Columbidae	Least Concern	400 g	Not recorded
Bolle's pigeon	Columba bollii	Columbidae	Least Concern	470 g	Not recorded
Laurel pigeon	Columba junoniae	Columbidae	Near Threatened	440 g	Not recorded
Ashy wood pigeon	Columba pulchricollis	Columbidae	Least Concern	330 g	Not recorded
White-headed pigeon	Columba leucomela	Columbidae	Least Concern	420 g	1
Metallic pigeon	Columba vitiensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	353 g	1
Speckled wood pigeon	Columba hodgsonii	Columbidae	Least Concern	308.5 g	Not recorded
Black wood pigeon	Columba janthina	Columbidae	Least Concern	397 g	Not recorded
Bonin pigeon	Columba versicolor	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Trocaz pigeon	Columba trocaz	Columbidae	Least Concern	440 g	Not recorded
Andaman wood pigeon	Columba palumboides	Columbidae	Near Threatened	520 g	Not recorded
Pale-capped pigeon	Columba punicea	Columbidae	Vulnerable	434.4 g	Not recorded
Afep pigeon	Columba unicincta	Columbidae	Least Concern	389.1 g	Not recorded
Silvery pigeon	Columba argentina	Columbidae	Critically Endangered	330 g	Not recorded
Somali pigeon	Columba oliviae	Columbidae	Least Concern	308.5 g	Not recorded
White-naped pigeon	Columba albinucha	Columbidae	Least Concern	325 g	Not recorded
Ryukyu pigeon	Columba jouyi	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sri Lanka wood pigeon	Columba torringtoniae	Columbidae	Vulnerable	308.5 g	Not recorded
Eastern bronze-naped pigeon	Columba delegorguei	Columbidae	Least Concern	133 g	Not recorded
Island bronze-naped pigeon	Columba malherbii	Columbidae	Near Threatened	308.5 g	Not recorded
São Tomé olive pigeon	Columba thomensis	Columbidae	Endangered	428.7 g	Not recorded
Comoro olive pigeon	Columba pollenii	Columbidae	Near Threatened	308.5 g	Not recorded
Cameroon olive pigeon	Columba sjostedti	Columbidae	Least Concern	387.5 g	Not recorded
Yellow-legged pigeon	Columba pallidiceps	Columbidae	Vulnerable	459 g	1
Western bronze-naped pigeon	Columba iriditorques	Columbidae	Least Concern	125.9 g	Not recorded
Mauritius woodpigeon	Columba thiriouxi	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Columba leucoptera	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Columba sinica	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Columba capistrata	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Columba eimeensis	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Columba erythrothorax	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Lemon dove	Columba larvata	Columbidae	Not recorded	148.5 g	Not recorded
Not recorded	Columba monticola	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded