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Columba  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177062

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Aplopelia Bonaparte, 1855
  
  Common Name(s): Pigeons [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2005    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderColumbiformes  -- colombes, Doves, pigeons, Pigeons  
                FamilyColumbidae  -- colombes, Doves, pigeons  
                   SubfamilyColumbinae   
                      GenusColumba Linnaeus, 1758 -- Pigeons  
    Direct Children:  
                         Species Columba albinucha Sassi, 1911 -- White-naped Pigeon 
                         Species Columba albitorques Ruppell, 1837 -- White-collared Pigeon 
                         Species Columba argentina Bonaparte, 1855 -- Silvery Pigeon 
                         Species Columba arquatrix Temminck, 1808 -- African Olive Pigeon 
                         Species Columba bollii Godman, 1872 -- Bolle's Pigeon 
                         Species Columba delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847 -- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon 
                         Species Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832) -- Nilgiri Wood Pigeon 
                         Species Columba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856 -- Yellow-eyed Pigeon 
                         Species Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 -- Speckled Pigeon 
                         Species Columba hodgsonii Vigors, 1832 -- Speckled Wood Pigeon 
                         Species Columba iriditorques Cassin, 1856 -- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon 
                         Species Columba janthina Temminck, 1830 -- Japanese Wood Pigeon 
                         Species Columba jouyi (Stejneger, 1887)  
                         Species Columba junoniae Hartert, 1916 -- Laurel Pigeon 
                         Species Columba larvata Temminck, 1809 -- African Lemon Dove, Lemon Dove 
                         Species Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821 -- White-headed Pigeon 
                         Species Columba leuconota Vigors, 1831 -- Snow Pigeon 
                         Species Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 -- Common Pigeon, Paloma doméstica, pigeon biset, Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon 
                         Species Columba malherbii J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851 -- Island Bronze-naped Pigeon 
                         Species Columba oenas Linnaeus, 1758 -- Stock Dove 
                         Species Columba oliviae S. Clarke, 1918 -- Somali Pigeon 
                         Species Columba pallidiceps (E. P. Ramsay, 1878) -- Yellow-legged Pigeon 
                         Species Columba palumboides (Hume, 1873) -- Andaman Wood Pigeon 
                         Species Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 -- Common Wood Pigeon 
                         Species Columba pollenii Schlegel, 1865 -- Comoros Olive Pigeon 
                         Species Columba pulchricollis Blyth, 1846 -- Ashy Wood Pigeon 
                         Species Columba punicea Blyth, 1842 -- Pale-capped Pigeon 
                         Species Columba rupestris Pallas, 1811 -- Hill Pigeon 
                         Species Columba sjostedti Reichenow, 1901 -- Cameroon Olive Pigeon 
                         Species Columba thomensis Bocage, 1888 -- Sao Tome Olive Pigeon 
                         Species Columba torringtonii (Kelaart, 1853)  
                         Species Columba trocaz Heineken, 1829 -- Trocaz Pigeon 
                         Species Columba unicincta Cassin, 1860 -- Afep Pigeon 
                         Species Columba versicolor Kittlitz, 1832  
                         Species Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 -- Metallic Pigeon 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Columba   
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Columba   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Columba   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, website (version 1998)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: Alan P. Peterson; http://www.zoonomen.net/   
  Reference for: Columba   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.05.08, website (version 08-May-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Columba   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Columba   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Columba   
       

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