columbiform bird

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Raphus cucullatus, dodo

extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

Pezophaps solitaria, solitaire

extinct flightless bird related to the dodo

pigeon

wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

sand grouse, sandgrouse

pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young

pouter, pouter pigeon

one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out

dove

any of numerous small pigeons

Columba livia, rock dove, rock pigeon

pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended

Columba fasciata, band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, bandtail

wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon

Columba palumbus, cushat, ringdove, wood pigeon

Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck

domestic pigeon

domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food

squab

an unfledged pigeon

Ectopistes migratorius, passenger pigeon

gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct

Pterocles indicus, painted sandgrouse

sandgrouse of India

Pterocles alchata, pin-tailed grouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse

sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers

Syrrhaptes paradoxus, pallas's sandgrouse

Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly

Type of:

gallinacean, gallinaceous bird

heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds