order

Columbiformes

Columbiformes is an order in the class Aves. This database currently files 389 species under it, 51 of them threatened, recorded across 3 countries.

Species filed: 389
Threatened: 51
Countries recorded: 3
With a free photo: 78%
Weight range: 28.6 g – 10.2 kg

What is in Columbiformes?

1 family filed directly under this order.

Columbidae
rock dove, dodo, common wood pigeon, eurasian collared dove …
389 species

Best-known members of Columbiformes

Ranked by popularity score.

Rock dove

Columba livia

Columbidae

Dodo

Raphus cucullatus

Columbidae

Common wood pigeon

Columba palumbus

Columbidae

Eurasian collared dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Columbidae

European turtle dove

Streptopelia turtur

Columbidae

Stock dove

Columba oenas

Columbidae

Passenger pigeon

Ectopistes migratorius

Columbidae

Spotted dove

Spilopelia chinensis

Columbidae

How threatened is Columbiformes?

322 of 389 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN category	Species	Share of assessed
CRCritically Endangered	10	3%
ENEndangered	13	4%
VUVulnerable	28	9%
NTNear Threatened	41	13%
LCLeast Concern	227	70%
EWExtinct in the Wild	1	0%
EXExtinct	2	1%

Where is Columbiformes found?

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

None on record
1
2–9
10–90
91+

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

The 200 best-known species in Columbiformes

Of 389 on file. Open this list in the browser to filter and sort it

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	Weight	Countries
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	354.2 g	Not recorded
Dodo	Raphus cucullatus	Columbidae	Extinct	10.2 kg	Not recorded
Common wood pigeon	Columba palumbus	Columbidae	Least Concern	490 g	Not recorded
Eurasian collared dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Columbidae	Least Concern	149 g	Not recorded
European turtle dove	Streptopelia turtur	Columbidae	Vulnerable	132 g	Not recorded
Stock dove	Columba oenas	Columbidae	Least Concern	290.8 g	Not recorded
Passenger pigeon	Ectopistes migratorius	Columbidae	Extinct	298.5 g	Not recorded
Spotted dove	Spilopelia chinensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	159 g	Not recorded
Nicobar pigeon	Caloenas nicobarica	Columbidae	Near Threatened	537.9 g	1
Laughing dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	82.1 g	Not recorded
Oriental turtle dove	Streptopelia orientalis	Columbidae	Least Concern	232.9 g	Not recorded
Common emerald dove	Chalcophaps indica	Columbidae	Least Concern	136.5 g	1
Victoria crowned pigeon	Goura victoria	Columbidae	Near Threatened	2.38 kg	1
Mourning dove	Zenaida macroura	Columbidae	Least Concern	118.9 g	Not recorded
Green imperial pigeon	Ducula aenea	Columbidae	Near Threatened	545 g	Not recorded
Yellow-footed green pigeon	Treron phoenicopterus	Columbidae	Least Concern	235 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
Kererū	Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae	Columbidae	Least Concern	653 g	1
Red collared dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	Columbidae	Least Concern	103 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
Namaqua dove	Oena capensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	40.6 g	Not recorded
Pheasant pigeon	Otidiphaps nobilis	Columbidae	Least Concern	500 g	1
Orange-breasted green pigeon	Treron bicinctus	Columbidae	Least Concern	174 g	Not recorded
Yellow-eyed pigeon	Columba eversmanni	Columbidae	Vulnerable	202 g	Not recorded
Zebra dove	Geopelia striata	Columbidae	Least Concern	56.6 g	Not recorded
Rodrigues solitaire	Pezophaps solitaria	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
African green pigeon	Treron calvus	Columbidae	Least Concern	197.5 g	Not recorded
Mountain imperial pigeon	Ducula badia	Columbidae	Least Concern	486 g	Not recorded
Western crowned pigeon	Goura cristata	Columbidae	Vulnerable	2 kg	1
Pink-necked green pigeon	Treron vernans	Columbidae	Least Concern	132 g	Not recorded
Tooth-billed pigeon	Didunculus strigirostris	Columbidae	Critically Endangered	400 g	Not recorded
Crested pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes	Columbidae	Least Concern	204 g	1
Diamond dove	Geopelia cuneata	Columbidae	Least Concern	31.6 g	1
Pink pigeon	Nesoenas mayeri	Columbidae	Vulnerable	302.8 g	Not recorded
African collared dove	Streptopelia roseogrisea	Columbidae	Least Concern	155 g	Not recorded
Thick-billed green pigeon	Treron curvirostra	Columbidae	Least Concern	134.4 g	Not recorded
Little green pigeon	Treron olax	Columbidae	Least Concern	77 g	Not recorded
Seychelles blue pigeon	Alectroenas pulcherrimus	Columbidae	Least Concern	165 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
Wonga pigeon	Leucosarcia melanoleuca	Columbidae	Least Concern	428.6 g	1
White-bellied green pigeon	Treron sieboldii	Columbidae	Least Concern	245 g	Not recorded
White-headed pigeon	Columba leucomela	Columbidae	Least Concern	420 g	1
Metallic pigeon	Columba vitiensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	353 g	1
Sombre pigeon	Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa	Columbidae	Least Concern	467 g	Not recorded
Cloven-feathered dove	Drepanoptila holosericea	Columbidae	Least Concern	215 g	1
Galápagos dove	Zenaida galapagoensis	Columbidae	Near Threatened	111 g	Not recorded
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
Luzon bleeding-heart	Gallicolumba luzonica	Columbidae	Near Threatened	196 g	Not recorded
Topknot pigeon	Lopholaimus antarcticus	Columbidae	Least Concern	496.4 g	1
Common bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera	Columbidae	Least Concern	330.7 g	1
Jambu fruit dove	Ptilinopus jambu	Columbidae	Vulnerable	135 g	Not recorded
Blue-headed quail-dove	Starnoenas cyanocephala	Columbidae	Endangered	219 g	Not recorded
Pin-tailed green pigeon	Treron apicauda	Columbidae	Least Concern	217.2 g	Not recorded
Trocaz pigeon	Columba trocaz	Columbidae	Least Concern	440 g	Not recorded
Pied imperial pigeon	Ducula bicolor	Columbidae	Least Concern	440 g	1
Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon	Goura scheepmakeri	Columbidae	Vulnerable	2.24 kg	1
Barred cuckoo-dove	Macropygia unchall	Columbidae	Least Concern	168 g	Not recorded
Malagasy turtle dove	Nesoenas picturatus	Columbidae	Least Concern	176.8 g	Not recorded
Large green pigeon	Treron capellei	Columbidae	Vulnerable	401.3 g	Not recorded
Wedge-tailed green pigeon	Treron sphenurus	Columbidae	Least Concern	210 g	Not recorded
Eared dove	Zenaida auriculata	Columbidae	Least Concern	110.2 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
Common ground dove	Columbina passerina	Columbidae	Least Concern	35.4 g	Not recorded
Papuan mountain pigeon	Gymnophaps albertisii	Columbidae	Least Concern	259 g	1
Brush bronzewing	Phaps elegans	Columbidae	Least Concern	211.4 g	1
Pink-headed fruit dove	Ptilinopus porphyreus	Columbidae	Least Concern	168 g	Not recorded
Rose-crowned fruit dove	Ptilinopus regina	Columbidae	Least Concern	101.6 g	1
Mariana fruit dove	Ptilinopus roseicapilla	Columbidae	Near Threatened	90.4 g	Not recorded
Red-eyed dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	Columbidae	Least Concern	176 g	Not recorded
Emerald-spotted wood dove	Turtur chalcospilos	Columbidae	Least Concern	60.6 g	Not recorded
Long-tailed ground dove	Uropelia campestris	Columbidae	Least Concern	35.2 g	Not recorded
Socorro dove	Zenaida graysoni	Columbidae	Extinct in the Wild	192 g	Not recorded
Mauritius blue pigeon	Alectroenas nitidissimus	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	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
Blue-eyed ground dove	Columbina cyanopis	Columbidae	Critically Endangered	45.6 g	Not recorded
Elegant imperial pigeon	Ducula concinna	Columbidae	Least Concern	804.7 g	Not recorded
Pacific imperial pigeon	Ducula pacifica	Columbidae	Least Concern	394.2 g	1
Grenada dove	Leptotila wellsi	Columbidae	Critically Endangered	200 g	Not recorded
Ruddy cuckoo-dove	Macropygia emiliana	Columbidae	Least Concern	161 g	Not recorded
Little cuckoo-dove	Macropygia ruficeps	Columbidae	Least Concern	81.9 g	Not recorded
Andaman cuckoo-dove	Macropygia rufipennis	Columbidae	Least Concern	256 g	1
Kuvojo	Microgoura meeki	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Superb fruit dove	Ptilinopus superbus	Columbidae	Least Concern	118 g	1
Cinnamon-headed green pigeon	Treron fulvicollis	Columbidae	Vulnerable	167 g	Not recorded
Sri Lanka green pigeon	Treron pompadora	Columbidae	Least Concern	234 g	Not recorded
Yellow-vented green pigeon	Treron seimundi	Columbidae	Least Concern	157.8 g	Not recorded
Thick-billed ground pigeon	Trugon terrestris	Columbidae	Least Concern	400 g	1
White-winged dove	Zenaida asiatica	Columbidae	Least Concern	153 g	Not recorded
Madagascar blue pigeon	Alectroenas madagascariensis	Columbidae	Near Threatened	173 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
Inca dove	Columbina inca	Columbidae	Least Concern	47.5 g	Not recorded
Ruddy ground dove	Columbina talpacoti	Columbidae	Least Concern	46 g	Not recorded
White-bellied imperial pigeon	Ducula forsteni	Columbidae	Least Concern	510 g	Not recorded
Torresian imperial pigeon	Ducula spilorrhoa	Columbidae	Least Concern	464 g	1
Philippine cuckoo-dove	Macropygia tenuirostris	Columbidae	Least Concern	177 g	Not recorded
Wompoo fruit dove	Ptilinopus magnificus	Columbidae	Least Concern	190.5 g	1
Palau fruit dove	Ptilinopus pelewensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	93 g	Not recorded
Many-coloured fruit dove	Ptilinopus perousii	Columbidae	Least Concern	93.5 g	Not recorded
Orange dove	Ptilinopus victor	Columbidae	Least Concern	46.6 g	Not recorded
Mourning collared dove	Streptopelia decipiens	Columbidae	Least Concern	134 g	Not recorded
Madagascar green pigeon	Treron australis	Columbidae	Least Concern	229 g	Not recorded
Grey-cheeked green pigeon	Treron griseicauda	Columbidae	Least Concern	151 g	Not recorded
Sumatran green pigeon	Treron oxyurus	Columbidae	Near Threatened	205.7 g	Not recorded
Timor green pigeon	Treron psittaceus	Columbidae	Endangered	151 g	Not recorded
Blue-spotted wood dove	Turtur afer	Columbidae	Least Concern	65.6 g	Not recorded
Zenaida dove	Zenaida aurita	Columbidae	Least Concern	156 g	Not recorded
Blue ground dove	Claravis pretiosa	Columbidae	Least Concern	68.2 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
Croaking ground dove	Columbina cruziana	Columbidae	Least Concern	50.1 g	Not recorded
Picui ground dove	Columbina picui	Columbidae	Least Concern	47 g	Not recorded
Scaled dove	Columbina squammata	Columbidae	Least Concern	52.9 g	Not recorded
Goliath imperial pigeon	Ducula goliath	Columbidae	Near Threatened	600 g	1
Grey imperial pigeon	Ducula pickeringii	Columbidae	Near Threatened	377 g	Not recorded
Purple-tailed imperial pigeon	Ducula rufigaster	Columbidae	Least Concern	436 g	1
Peaceful dove	Geopelia placida	Columbidae	Least Concern	47.8 g	1
Ruddy quail-dove	Geotrygon montana	Columbidae	Least Concern	133.9 g	Not recorded
Buru mountain pigeon	Gymnophaps mada	Columbidae	Least Concern	334 g	Not recorded
Caribbean dove	Leptotila jamaicensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	165 g	Not recorded
Grey-fronted dove	Leptotila rufaxilla	Columbidae	Least Concern	157 g	Not recorded
Bare-faced ground dove	Metriopelia ceciliae	Columbidae	Least Concern	55.1 g	Not recorded
Black-winged ground dove	Metriopelia melanoptera	Columbidae	Least Concern	100 g	Not recorded
White-crowned pigeon	Patagioenas leucocephala	Columbidae	Near Threatened	240.1 g	Not recorded
Maranon pigeon	Patagioenas oenops	Columbidae	Near Threatened	264.6 g	Not recorded
Negros fruit dove	Ptilinopus arcanus	Columbidae	Critically Endangered	85.9 g	Not recorded
Orange-fronted fruit dove	Ptilinopus aurantiifrons	Columbidae	Least Concern	152 g	1
Red-bellied fruit dove	Ptilinopus greyi	Columbidae	Least Concern	82.7 g	1
Great cuckoo-dove	Reinwardtoena reinwardti	Columbidae	Least Concern	275 g	1
Flores green pigeon	Treron floris	Columbidae	Vulnerable	151 g	Not recorded
Taiwan green pigeon	Treron formosae	Columbidae	Near Threatened	140 g	Not recorded
Sumba green pigeon	Treron teysmannii	Columbidae	Near Threatened	151 g	Not recorded
Bruce's green pigeon	Treron waalia	Columbidae	Least Concern	254 g	Not recorded
Black-billed wood dove	Turtur abyssinicus	Columbidae	Least Concern	62.7 g	Not recorded
Comoro blue pigeon	Alectroenas sganzini	Columbidae	Near Threatened	158 g	Not recorded
São Tomé olive pigeon	Columba thomensis	Columbidae	Endangered	428.7 g	Not recorded
Ecuadorian ground dove	Columbina buckleyi	Columbidae	Least Concern	57.5 g	Not recorded
Plain-breasted ground dove	Columbina minuta	Columbidae	Least Concern	32.6 g	Not recorded
Timor imperial pigeon	Ducula cineracea	Columbidae	Near Threatened	507.2 g	Not recorded
Nuku Hiva imperial pigeon	Ducula galeata	Columbidae	Endangered	605 g	Not recorded
Black imperial pigeon	Ducula melanochroa	Columbidae	Least Concern	665 g	1
Collared imperial pigeon	Ducula mullerii	Columbidae	Least Concern	574.9 g	1
Grey-headed imperial pigeon	Ducula radiata	Columbidae	Least Concern	295 g	Not recorded
Sulu bleeding-heart	Gallicolumba menagei	Columbidae	Critically Endangered	196 g	Not recorded
Cinnamon ground dove	Gallicolumba rufigula	Columbidae	Least Concern	130 g	1
Sulawesi ground dove	Gallicolumba tristigmata	Columbidae	Least Concern	275 g	Not recorded
Spinifex pigeon	Geophaps plumifera	Columbidae	Least Concern	94.3 g	1
New Guinea bronzewing	Henicophaps albifrons	Columbidae	Least Concern	247 g	1
White-tipped dove	Leptotila verreauxi	Columbidae	Least Concern	146.9 g	Not recorded
Spot-breasted cuckoo-dove	Macropygia mackinlayi	Columbidae	Least Concern	85.9 g	1
Bare-eyed pigeon	Patagioenas corensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	272.3 g	Not recorded
Scaled pigeon	Patagioenas speciosa	Columbidae	Least Concern	258.5 g	Not recorded
Scarlet-breasted fruit dove	Ptilinopus bernsteinii	Columbidae	Least Concern	118.5 g	Not recorded
White-headed fruit dove	Ptilinopus eugeniae	Columbidae	Least Concern	114 g	Not recorded
Black-chinned fruit dove	Ptilinopus leclancheri	Columbidae	Not recorded	169.5 g	Not recorded
Moustached fruit dove	Ptilinopus mercierii	Columbidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Pink-spotted fruit dove	Ptilinopus perlatus	Columbidae	Least Concern	210 g	1
Beautiful fruit dove	Ptilinopus pulchellus	Columbidae	Least Concern	70 g	1
Claret-breasted fruit dove	Ptilinopus viridis	Columbidae	Least Concern	121 g	1
Wallace's fruit dove	Ptilinopus wallacii	Columbidae	Least Concern	208 g	1
Sunda collared dove	Streptopelia bitorquata	Columbidae	Least Concern	153 g	Not recorded
Adamawa turtle dove	Streptopelia hypopyrrha	Columbidae	Least Concern	162 g	Not recorded
White-faced cuckoo-dove	Turacoena manadensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	208.6 g	Not recorded
Blue-headed wood dove	Turtur brehmeri	Columbidae	Least Concern	116 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
Cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon	Ducula basilica	Columbidae	Least Concern	436 g	Not recorded
Spotted imperial pigeon	Ducula carola	Columbidae	Vulnerable	289 g	Not recorded
Barking imperial pigeon	Ducula latrans	Columbidae	Least Concern	365.1 g	Not recorded
Spectacled imperial pigeon	Ducula perspicillata	Columbidae	Least Concern	667 g	1
Pink-headed imperial pigeon	Ducula rosacea	Columbidae	Near Threatened	385.6 g	Not recorded
Zoe's imperial pigeon	Ducula zoeae	Columbidae	Least Concern	568 g	1
Pale mountain pigeon	Gymnophaps solomonensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	335 g	1
New Britain bronzewing	Henicophaps foersteri	Columbidae	Vulnerable	247 g	1
Olive-backed quail-dove	Leptotrygon veraguensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	155 g	Not recorded
Amboyna cuckoo-dove	Macropygia amboinensis	Columbidae	Least Concern	237 g	1
Band-tailed pigeon	Patagioenas fasciata	Columbidae	Least Concern	366.3 g	Not recorded
Dusky pigeon	Patagioenas goodsoni	Columbidae	Least Concern	176 g	Not recorded
Scaly-naped pigeon	Patagioenas squamosa	Columbidae	Least Concern	312 g	Not recorded
Flock bronzewing	Phaps histrionica	Columbidae	Least Concern	289 g	1
Makatea fruit dove	Ptilinopus chalcurus	Columbidae	Vulnerable	84.5 g	Not recorded
White-capped fruit dove	Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii	Columbidae	Least Concern	99.5 g	Not recorded
Grey-headed fruit dove	Ptilinopus hyogastrus	Columbidae	Least Concern	143 g	Not recorded
Henderson fruit dove	Ptilinopus insularis	Columbidae	Vulnerable	104 g	Not recorded
Orange-bellied fruit dove	Ptilinopus iozonus	Columbidae	Least Concern	114 g	1
Golden dove	Ptilinopus luteovirens	Columbidae	Not recorded	46.6 g	Not recorded
Black-naped fruit dove	Ptilinopus melanospilus	Columbidae	Least Concern	92 g	Not recorded
Blue-capped fruit dove	Ptilinopus monacha	Columbidae	Least Concern	53.9 g	Not recorded