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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Columbiformes (doves and pigeons)
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Family Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
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Subfamily Columbinae (typical doves and pigeons)
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Genus Columba (pigeons)
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Species Columba albinucha (white-naped pigeon) -



Species Columba albitorques (white-collared pigeon) -



Species Columba araucana (Chilean pigeon) -



Species Columba argentina (silvery pigeon) -
Species Columba arquatrix (African olive pigeon)
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Species Columba bollii (Bolle's pigeon) -



Species Columba caribaea (ring-tailed pigeon) -
Species Columba cayennensis (pale-vented pigeon)
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Species Columba corensis (bare-eyed pigeon) -



Species Columba delegorguei (eastern bronze-naped pigeon) -



Species Columba elphinstonii (Nilgiri wood-pigeon) -



Species Columba eversmanni (pale-backed pigeon) -
Species Columba fasciata (band-tailed pigeon)
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Species Columba flavirostris (red-billed pigeon)
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Species Columba goodsoni (dusky pigeon) -
Species Columba guinea (speckled pigeon)
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Species Columba hodgsonii (speckled wood-pigeon) -



Species Columba inornata (plain pigeon) -



Species Columba iriditorques (western bronze-naped pigeon) -



Species Columba janthina (Japanese wood-pigeon) -



Species Columba jouyi (Ryukyu pigeon) -



Species Columba junoniae (laurel pigeon) -



Species Columba larvata (African lemon dove) -



Species Columba leucocephala (white-crowned pigeon) -



Species Columba leucomela (white-headed pigeon) -



Species Columba leuconota (snow pigeon) -
Species Columba livia (common pigeon)
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Species Columba maculosa (spot-winged pigeon)
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Species Columba malherbii (Sao Tome bronze-naped pigeon) -
Species Columba nigrirostris (short-billed pigeon)
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Species Columba oenas (stock dove) -



Species Columba oenops (Peruvian pigeon) -



Species Columba oliviae (Somali pigeon) -



Species Columba pallidiceps (yellow-legged pigeon) -



Species Columba palumboides (Andaman wood-pigeon) -



Species Columba palumbus (common wood-pigeon) -
Species Columba picazuro (Picazuro pigeon)
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Species Columba plumbea (plumbeous pigeon) -



Species Columba pollenii (Comoro olive pigeon) -



Species Columba pulchricollis (ashy wood-pigeon) -



Species Columba punicea (pale-capped pigeon) -



Species Columba rupestris (hill pigeon) -



Species Columba sjostedti (Cameroon olive pigeon) -
Species Columba speciosa (scaled pigeon)
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Species Columba squamosa (scaly-naped pigeon)
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Species Columba subvinacea (ruddy pigeon) -



Species Columba thomensis (São Tomé olive pigeon) -



Species Columba torringtoni (Sri Lanka wood-pigeon) -



Species Columba trocaz (Madeira laurel pigeon) -



Species Columba unicincta (Afep pigeon) -



Species Columba versicolor (Bonin pigeon) -



Species Columba vitiensis (metallic pigeon)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.



