Columbidae

Translingual

Etymology

Columba +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Columbidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Columbiformes – columbids, i.e., pigeons and doves.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Columbiformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Columbinae, Didunculinae, Gourinae, Otidiphabinae, Ptilinopinae, Treroninae - subfamilies
  • Alectroenas, Cryptophaps, Didunculus, Goura, Phapitreron, Treron – selected genera' for other genera see Columbidae on WikipediaWikipedia or Category:Columbidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• Columbidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Columbidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Columbidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Columbidae at AnimalBase
• Columbidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Columbidae at World Register of Marine Species
• Columbidae available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
• Columbidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN