List of wild pigeons genera

This page is a list of the genera of pigeons and doves (the family Columbidae), which are a clade of bird species of cosmopolitan distribution. The group has 310 living species.^[1][2][3] Extinct species assignment follows the Mikko's Phylogeny Archive^[4] and Paleofile.com websites.^[5] Classification is based on the work by John Boyd.^[6]

Placement unresolved

• Genus †Arenicolumba Steadman, 2008
• Genus †Bountyphaps Worthy & Wragg, 2008 (Henderson Island archaic pigeon) (prehistoric)
• Genus †Dysmoropelia Olson, 1975 (Saint Helena dove)
• Genus †Rupephaps Worthy, Hand, Worthy, Tennyson, & Scofield, 2009 (St. Bathans pigeon, Miocene of New Zealand)

Subfamily Columbinae (typical pigeons and doves)

• Tribe Zenaidini [Leptotilinae] (quail-doves and allies)
  • Genus Geotrygon (10 species)
  • Genus Starnoenas (blue-headed quail-dove)
  • Genus Leptotrygon (olive-backed quail-dove)
  • Genus Leptotila (11 species)
  • Genus Zenaida (7 species)
  • Genus Zentrygon (8 species)
• Tribe Columbini
  • Genus Patagioenas (American pigeons, 17 species)
  • Genus †Ectopistes (passenger pigeon; extinct 1914)
  • Genus Reinwardtoena (3 species)
  • Genus Turacoena (3 species)
  • Genus Macropygia (typical cuckoo-doves, 15 species)
  • Genus Streptopelia (turtle doves and collared doves, 13 species)
  • Genus Columba (Old World pigeons, 35 species of which 2 recently extinct)
  • Genus Spilopelia (2 species)
  • Genus Nesoenas (3 species)

Subfamily Claravinae (American ground doves)

• Genus Claravis (blue ground dove)
• Genus Paraclaravis (2 species)
• Genus Uropelia (long-tailed ground dove)
• Genus Metriopelia (4 species)
• Genus Columbina (9 species)

Subfamily Raphinae

• Tribe Phabini (bronzewings and relatives)
  • Genus Henicophaps (2 species)
  • Genus Gallicolumba (bleeding-hearts and allies, 7 species)
  • Genus Pampusana (13 species of which 3 recently extinct)
  • Genus Ocyphaps (crested pigeon)
  • Genus Petrophassa (rock pigeons, 2 species)
  • Genus Leucosarcia (wonga pigeon)
  • Genus Geopelia (5 species)
  • Genus Phaps (Australian bronzewings, 3 species)
  • Genus Geophaps (3 species)
• Tribe Raphini [Didunculinae; Otidiphabinae; Gourinae]
  • Genus ?†Natunaornis (Viti Levu giant pigeon) (prehistoric)
  • Genus Trugon (thick-billed ground pigeon)
  • Genus †Microgoura (Choiseul crested pigeon, extinct early 20th century)
  • Genus Otidiphaps (pheasant pigeon)
  • Genus Goura (crowned pigeons, 4 species)
  • Genus Didunculus (tooth-billed pigeon)
  • Genus  ?†Deliaphaps De Pietri, Scofield, Tennyson, Hand, & Worthy, 2017 (Zealandian dove, Miocene of New Zealand)
  • Genus Caloenas (Nicobar pigeon)
  • Genus †Raphus (dodo, extinct late 17th century)
  • Genus †Pezophaps (Rodrigues solitaire, extinct c. 1730)
• Tribe Turturini
  • Genus Phapitreron (brown doves, 3 species)
  • Genus Oena (Namaqua dove, tentatively placed here)
  • Genus Turtur (wood doves, 5 species; tentatively placed here)
  • Genus Chalcophaps (emerald doves, 3 species)
• Tribe Treronini
  • Genus Treron (green pigeons, 23 species)
• Tribe Ptilinopini (fruit doves and imperial pigeons)
  • Genus Ducula (imperial pigeons, 36 species)
  • Genus Ptilinopus [Drepanoptila; Alectroenas] (fruit doves, some 50 living species, 1–2 recently extinct)
  • Genus Hemiphaga (2 species)
  • Genus Lopholaimus (topknot pigeon)
  • Genus Cryptophaps (sombre pigeon)
  • Genus Gymnophaps (mountain pigeons, 4 species)
  • Genus  ?†Tongoenas Steadman & Takano, 2020 (Tongan giant pigeon) (prehistoric)