Suborder Pterocletes (dove)
Parent taxon: Columbiformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Lambrecht 1933
Sister taxa: Columbae, Columbidae, Columboidae, Dididae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterocletes in the database