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David Albeck's Photos of Columbiformes

Animalia > Aves > Columbiformes

Columbiformes: an Order containing only one family: Columbidae, the pigeons and doves. (There is no particular difference between a "pigeon" and a "dove", though "doves" are often smaller than "pigeons".)

Ciconiiformes: Family Index

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Columbidae:

Doves & Pigeons

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Doves & Pigeons (Columbidae)

Animalia > Aves > Columbiformes > Columbidae

There isn't a real distinction between a "pigeon" and a "dove".

Doves are adaptible birds, easily tamed yet often going feral. Some have excellent homing instincts, making them useful as messengers. Like all birds, they are edible, which is why the two most famous pigeon species are now extinct: the dodo (since 1662), and the passenger pigeon (since 1914).

common wood pigeon
Columba palumbus