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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Columbidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Columbidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Jordan Species List, Afghanistan Species List, SailinSteve, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, INBio, IABIN, Afghanistan Species List, Albania Species List, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Angola Species List, Armenia Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Barbados Species List, Belarus Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Bermuda Species List, Bhutan Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Bosnia and Herzegovina Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Brunei Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Cape Verde Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Curacao Species List, Cyprus Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Djibouti Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Estonia Species List, British Virgin Islands Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Gibraltar Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Grenada Species List, Guadeloupe Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guernsey Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Honduras Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kiribati Species List, Kosovo Species List, Kuwait Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Laos Species List, Latvia Species List, Lebanon Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Liechtenstein Species List, Lithuania Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Macau Species List, Macedonia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mali Species List, Malta Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritania Species List, Mauritius Species List, Mayotte Species List, Moldova Species List, Monaco Species List, Mongolia Species List, Montenegro Species List, Montserrat Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Niue Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, North Korean Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Palestine Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Pitcairn Henderson Ducie and Oeno Islands, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Qatar Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Reunion Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Rwanda Species List, Saint Barthelemy Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Saint Martin Species List, Saint Pierre et Miquelon Species List, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Species List, Samoa Species List, San Marino Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Sint Maarten Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tajikistan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tibet Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Tonga Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Uganda Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Wallis et Futuna Species List, Uruguay Species List, US Minor Outlying Islands Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, OBIS environmental data records, Wright Et Al 2014, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Germany, United States Species List, Flickr BHL, Vatican City Species List, and Flickr Group

Alternative Names

? aurita Temminck, 1809
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? calcaria Milne-Edwards, 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? elegans Temminck, 1809
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? novaeseelandiae Gmelin, 1789
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? talpacoti Temminck, 1810
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Alopecoenas Sharpe 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Butreron Jacquinot & Pucheran 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Carpophagella Strand 1928
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Coryphoenas Ramsay 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Erythrauchaena Bonaparte 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Geophilus Selby 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gunabopicobia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Histriophaps Salvadori 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptotrygon Banks, Weckstein, Remsen & Johnson 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leucomeloena Bonaparte 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Monornis Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nesoenas Salvadori 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nesopelia Sundevall 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Oenas Vieillot 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Osculatia Bonaparte 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Oxypelia Salvadori 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paraclaravis Sangster, Sweet & Johnson 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plegoenas Reichenbach 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Primophaps Worthy 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Raphidae
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Spilopelia Sundevall 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Turtur Selby 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zentrygon Banks, Weckstein, Remsen & Johnson 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

pigeons and doves preferred
doves and pigeons
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web
Pigeons and Doves
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Afrikaans

Duif preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Akan

Abuburo preferred
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Albanian

Pëllumbi preferred
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Amharic

ርግብ preferred
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Arabic

حمامية preferred
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Armenian

Աղավնիներ preferred
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Assamese

পাৰ চৰাই preferred
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Asturian

Palomba preferred
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Atikamekw

omemew preferred
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Aymara

Kitula preferred
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Azerbaijani

Göyərçinlər preferred
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Bashkir

Күгәрсен һымаҡтар preferred
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Basque

Uso preferred
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Belarusian

галубовыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
галубіныя

Bengali

কলাম্বিডি preferred
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Bosnian

golubovi preferred
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Bulgarian

гълъбови preferred
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Burmese

ခို preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

Colúmbid preferred
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Cebuano

Salapati preferred
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Chinese

鸠鸽科 preferred
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Chuvash

Кăвакарчăн евĕрлисем preferred
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Cornish

Kolom preferred
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Crimean Tatar

gögercin preferred
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Croatian

Golubovi preferred
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Czech

holubovití preferred
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Dagbani

Ŋmani preferred
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Danish

Duer preferred
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Dinka

Kur preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

Duiven en tortels preferred
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Esperanto

Kolombedoj preferred
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Estonian

Tuvilased preferred
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Ewe

Volui preferred
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Faroese

Dúgva preferred
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Finnish

Kyyhkyt preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

French

Pigeon preferred
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Galician

Pomba preferred
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Georgian

მტრედი preferred
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German

Tauben preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Περιστέρια preferred
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Guarani

Pykasu preferred
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Gujarati

કપોત કુળ preferred
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Haitian; Haitian Creole

Pijon preferred
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Hebrew

יוניים preferred
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Hindi

कबूतर preferred
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Hungarian

Galamb preferred
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Icelandic

Dúfur preferred
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Ido

Kolombo preferred
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Irish

colm preferred
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Japanese

ハト科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin
preferred
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Javanese

Dara preferred
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Kabardian Circassian

Тхьэрыкъуэ лъэпкъыр preferred
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Kabyle

Titbirin preferred
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Kannada

ಕಲಂಬಿಡೈ preferred
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Kashmiri

کوتُر preferred
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Kazakh

Кептерлілер preferred
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Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Көгүчкөндөр preferred
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Kongo

Dibembe preferred
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Korean

비둘기 preferred
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Kurdish

Kevok preferred
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Latin

Columba preferred
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Latvian

baložu dzimta preferred
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Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

Doeve preferred
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Lingua Franca Nova

Columbiformo preferred
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Lithuanian

Karveliniai preferred
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Low Saxon

Doven preferred
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Macedonian

Гулаби preferred
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Malay

Merpati preferred
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Malayalam

പ്രാവ് preferred
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Marathi

कपोताद्य preferred
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Mongolian

Тагтаа preferred
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Navajo; Navaho

Hasbídí preferred
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Nepali

ढुकुर preferred
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North Frisian

Düüwen preferred
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Norwegian

Due preferred
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Occitan (post 1500)

Colomb preferred
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Official Aramaic

ܝܘܢܐ preferred
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Oriya

ପାରା preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Æхсинæг preferred
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Persian

کبوتر preferred
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Polish

gołębiowate preferred
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Portuguese

Pombos preferred
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Punjabi

ਕਬੂਤਰ preferred
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Pushto; Pashto

کوتره preferred
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Quechua

Urpi preferred
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Russian

Голубиные preferred
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Rusyn

Голубовы preferred
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Sanskrit

कपोतः preferred
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Santali

ᱯᱟᱨᱣᱟ preferred
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Scots

Doo preferred
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Scottish Gaelic

Calman preferred
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Serbian

голуб preferred
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Shambala

golubovi preferred
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Sicilian

Palumma preferred
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Sindhi

ڪبوتر preferred
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Slovak

Holubovité preferred
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Somali

Xamaam(Shinbir) preferred
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Spanish; Castilian

Golobi preferred
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Paloma preferred
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Sundanese

Japati preferred
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Swahili

Njiwa preferred
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Swedish

Duvor preferred
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Tagalog

Kalapati preferred
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Tajik

Кабӯтарон preferred
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Tamil

புறா preferred
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Tatar

Күгәрченнәр preferred
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Telugu

పావురము preferred
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Thai

นกพิราบ preferred
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นกเขา
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Turkish

Güvercingiller preferred
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Ukrainian

голубові preferred
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Unspecified

Atbir preferred
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Culfre preferred
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Leeba preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Mirahpati preferred
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Palomba preferred
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Tauben preferred
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a̱bwa preferred
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कबूतर आ पंडुक preferred
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बखुँ preferred
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ဂစေံပူ preferred
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ꯈꯨꯅꯨ preferred
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Urdu

Fakhta and Kabootar
Recognized by admin
کبوتر preferred
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Uzbek

Kaptarlar preferred
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Vepsian

Kühkjaižed (sugukund) preferred
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Vietnamese

Họ Bồ câu preferred
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Waray

Sarapati preferred
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Welsh

Colomen preferred
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Wolof

Pitax preferred
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Wu

鸠鸽科 preferred
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Yiddish

טויבן preferred
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Arz

حمام preferred
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Azb

گؤیرچینلر preferred
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Bcl

Salampati preferred
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Bxr

Тагтаа preferred
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Ckb

کۆتر preferred
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De Ch

Tauben preferred
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Eml

Clómb preferred
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Frp

Pinjon preferred
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Glk

کفتر preferred
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Hif

Kabutar preferred
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Lzh

preferred
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Mrj

Кӓдӹвлӓ preferred
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Mzn

کوتر preferred
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Nan

Hún-chiáu preferred
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Nds Nl

duve preferred
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Pnb

کگی preferred
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Sgs

Balondis preferred
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Sr Ec

голубови preferred
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Yue

鳩鴿科 preferred
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Zea

Duven en tortels preferred
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Zh Cn

鸠鸽科 preferred
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Zh Hans

鸠鸽科 preferred
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Zh Hant

鳩鴿科 preferred
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Zh Tw

鳩鴿科 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Columbidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Columbiformes

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Columbiformes
Columbidae (this page)