Columbea

Columbea is a clade suggested by genome analysis that contains Columbiformes (pigeons and doves), Pteroclidae (sandgrouse), Mesitornithidae (mesites) and Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes).^[2] Until their recent placement as the sister taxon to Passerea, in the last decade various genetic analysis found them to be in the obsolete clade Metaves.^[3][4]

Columbea	Mirandornithes Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos) Podicipediformes (grebes) (Phoenicopterimorphae) Columbimorphae Columbiformes (pigeons and doves) Pterocliformes (sandgrouse) Mesitornithiformes (mesites)

Columbea Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)
Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Neognathae
Clade:	Neoaves
(unranked):	Columbea Jarvis et al., 2014
Clades
Columbimorphae Mirandornithes