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Pigeons and doves includes some 310 species. They are stout-bodied birds with short necks, and have short, slender bills with fleshy ceres. Doves feed on seeds, fruits, and plants. This family occurs worldwide, but the greatest variety is in the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones. In general, the terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably. In ornithological practice, "dove" tends to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones, but this is in no way consistently applied, and historically, the common names for these birds involve a great deal of variation between the terms. The species most commonly referred to as "pigeon" is the Feral Rock Pigeon, common in many cities.
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African Collared-Dove
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Andaman Wood Pigeon
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Band-tailed Pigeon
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Blue Ground-Dove
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Blue-headed Quail-Dove
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Bridled Quail-Dove
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Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
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Caribbean Dove
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Chiriqui Quail-dove
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Common Ground-Dove
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Crested Quail-Dove
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Diamond Dove
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Dusky Pigeon
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Eared Dove
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Emerald Dove
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Eurasian Collared Dove
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Gray-chested Dove
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Gray-fronted Quail-Dove
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Gray-headed Dove
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Green Imperial Pigeon
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Grenada Dove
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Grey-fronted Green Pigeon
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Inca Dove
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Jambu Fruit Dove
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Key West Quail-Dove
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Laughing Dove
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Maroon-chested Ground-Dove
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Mourning Dove
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Namaqua Dove
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Nicobar Pigeon
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Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
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Olive-backed Quail-Dove
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Oriental Turtle Dove
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Pale-vented Pigeon
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Passenger Pigeon
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Pied Imperial Pigeon
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Plain Pigeon
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Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
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Plumbeous Pigeon
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Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
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Red Collared Dove
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Red-billed Pigeon
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Ring-tailed Pigeon
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Rock Pigeon
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Ruddy Ground-Dove
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Ruddy Pigeon
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Ruddy Quail-Dove
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Russet-crowned Quail-Dove
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Scaled Pigeon
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Scaly-naped Pigeon
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Short-billed Pigeon
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Socorro Dove
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Speckled Pigeon
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Spotted Dove
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Tuxtla Quail-Dove
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Violaceous Quail-Dove
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White-crowned Pigeon
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White-faced Quail-Dove
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White-fronted Quail-Dove
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White-tipped Dove
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White-winged Dove
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Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
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Zebra Dove
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Zenaida Dove
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