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Columba
Taxonomy
Columba was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Columba palumbus. It is the type genus of Columbidae, Columboidae.
It was assigned to Columbinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Columbidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Alcover (1989), Morgan (1994), Worthy (1997), Mlikovsky (2002), Hume (2011) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Columbinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Columbidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Alcover (1989), Morgan (1994), Worthy (1997), Mlikovsky (2002), Hume (2011) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
C. janthina, C. junoniae, C. livia, C. melitensis, C. micula, C. oenas, C. omnisanctorum, C. palumbus (type species), C. pisana, C. thiriouxi, C. vitiensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Columba Linnaeus |
| 1854 | Trocaza Bonaparte |
| 1930 | Columba Hay p. 345 |
| 1933 | Columba Lambrecht p. 603 |
| 1956 | Columba Wetmore p. 81 |
| 1985 | Columba Olson p. 120 |
| 1988 | Columba Carroll |
| 1989 | Columba Alcover p. 98 |
| 1994 | Columba Morgan p. 468 |
| 1997 | Columba Worthy p. 106 |
| 2002 | Columba Mlikovsky p. 221 |
| 2011 | Columba Hume p. 20 |
| 2017 | Columba Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Columba Linnaeus 1758
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Columba janthina Temminck 1830 [Japanese wood-pigeon]
Columba junoniae Hartert 1916 [laurel pigeon]
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 [rock pigeon]
†Columba melitensis Lydekker 1891
†Columba micula Wemore 1924
Columba oenas Linnaeus 1758 [stock dove]
†Columba omnisanctorum Ballman 1976
Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 [common wood-pigeon]
†Columba pisana Portis 1887
†Columba thiriouxi Hume 2011 [Mauritian wood pigeon]
Columba vitiensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [metallic pigeon]
Invalid names: Trocaza Bonaparte 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available