Columbinae

Columbinae
Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) with plumage pattern of S. c. tigrina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Subfamily:	Columbinae Leach, 1820
Genera
See text (many genera)

Columbinae is a subfamily of birds from the family Columbidae. Otherwise, four genera Geotrygon, Leptotila, Starnoenas and Zenaida form subfamily Leptotilinae.

Genera

• Caloenas
• Chalcophaps
• Claravis
• Columba
• Columbina
• Gallicolumba
• Geopelia
• Geophaps
• Geotrygon
• Henicophaps
• Leptotila
• Leucosarcia – wonga pigeon
• Macropygia
• Metriopelia
• Nesoenas
• Ocyphaps – crested pigeon
• Oena – Namaqua dove
• Patagioenas
• Petrophassa
• Phaps
• Reinwardtoena
• Spilopelia
• Starnoenas – blue-headed quail-dove
• Streptopelia
• Trugon – thick-billed ground pigeon
• Turacoena
• Turtur
• Uropelia – long-tailed ground dove
• Zenaida

Including four extinct monotypic genera:

• †Arenicolumba
• †Dysmoropelia
• †Ectopistes
• †Microgoura

References

• Banks, R.C.; Weckstein, J.D.; Remsen Jr, J.V.; Johnson, K.P. (2013). "Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini)". Zootaxa. 3669 (2): 184–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.11.