Big Zigzag - Drilldown into Families
Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
24 species seen during BigZZ, 7 lifers. My global status of this 350 species family is 139 (40%).
Genus level:
- Pigeon (Columba) – 2 seen (Rock (feral), White-headed Pigeons) 35 sp. globally in genus.
- Dove (Spilopelia) – 2 seen (Spotted, Laughing Doves, both introduced.). 15 sp. globally in genus.
- Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia) – 1 seen (Brown Cuckoo-Dove). 15 sp. globally in genus.
- Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps) – 1 seen (Pacific Emerald Dove). 3 sp. globally in genus
- Bronzewing (Phaps) – 3 seen, 2 lifers (Common, Brush, Flock Bronzewings). All 3 sp. in Australian endemic genus.
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps) – 1 seen (Crested Pigeon). Monotype endemic genus.
- Pigeon (Geophaps) – 3 seen, 2 lifers. (Spinifex, Squatter, Partridge Pigeons). All 3 sp. in Australian endemic genus.
- Rock-Pigeon (Petrophassa) – 1 seen, 1 lifer (White-quilled Rock-Pigeon. Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon seen in 2013). 2 sp. endemic genus
- Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia) – 1 seen. (Wonga Pigeon). Monotype endemic genus.
- Dove (Geopelia) – 3 seen. (Diamond, Peaceful, Bar-shouldered Doves) – 4 sp. globally in genus. All seen.
- Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus) 4 seen, 2 lifers (Black-banded, Wompoo, Superb, Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves) 57 sp. globally in genus, 15 seen globally.
- Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula) 1 seen. (Torresian Imperial-Pigeon) 42 sp. globally in genus, 11 seen globally.
- Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus) – 1 seen. (Topknot Pigeon) monotype endemic genus
