Columba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Columbiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Columbimorphae Ordo: Columbiformes

Familia: Columbidae
Subfamilia: Columbinae
Genus: Columba
Species: C. albinucha – C. albitorques – C. argentina – C. arquatrix – C. bollii – C. delegorguei – C. elphinstonii – C. eversmanni – C. guinea – C. hodgsonii – C. iriditorques – C. janthina – C. jouyi – C. junoniae – C. larvata – C. leucomela – C. leuconota – C. livia – C. malherbii – C. oenas – C. oliviae – C. pallidiceps – C. palumboides – C. palumbus – C. pollenii – C. pulchricollis – C. punicea – C. rupestris – C. simplex – C. sjostedti – C. thomensis – C. torringtoniae – C. trocaz – C. unicincta – C. vitiensis

Species extinctae: †C. jouyi – †C. thiriouxi – †C. versicolor

Name

Columba Linnaeus, 1758

Typus: Columba oenas Linnaeus, 1758
- Fixation: subsequent designation by Vigors 1825

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 162 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

ICZN (2010). Opinion 2251 (Case 3442) Columba norfolciensis Latham, 1801 (Aves, Columbidae): name suppressed. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 67(2): 192–193. ISSN: 0007-5167 Abstract
Vigors, N.A. 1825. XXII. Observations on the Natural Affinities that connect the Orders and Families of Birds. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14(3): 395–517 (fixation: 481).
Donegan, T. M. (2016). The pigeon names Columba livia, 'C. domestica' and C. oenas and their type specimens. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 136 (1): 14–27.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Feldtauben
English: Pigeons
suomi: Kyyhkyt
français: Colombe, Pigeon
עברית: יונה
日本語: カワラバト属
ქართული: მტრედი
中文: 鸽属

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