Order COLUMBIFORMES

Pigeons and Doves
This family is found all over the world, and some members of it are well-known birds in Borneo. They all feed chiefly on fruits and berries, or on seeds; build flimsy nests of sticks; and lay one or two white eggs, which both sexes incubate. The family contains many species. Two subfamilies are represented in Borneo, the green pigeons, fruit doves and imperial pigeons in the primary arboreal ,frugivorous Treroninae, and the remainder in the predominantly terrestrial, seed eating Columbinae. (Smythies, The Birds of Borneo, 1999)

Photographed Species

Scientific Name	Common Name	Link
(Chalcophaps indica indica)	Asian Emerald Dove	Male	Female
(Columba livia)	Domestic Pigeon	Image
(Ducula aenea)	Green Imperial Pigeon	Image
(Ducula badia)	Mountain Imperial Pigeon	Image
(Ducula bicolor)	Pied Imperial Pigeon	Image
(Geopelia striata)	Zebra Dove	Image
(Macropygia tenuirostris)	Philippine Cuckoo Dove	Image
(Macropygia ruficeps)	Little Cuckoo Dove	Image
(Ptilinopus jambu)	Jambu Fruit Dove	Male	Female
(Ptilinopus melanospilus)	Black-naped Fruit Dove	Male	Female
(Spilopelia chinensis)	Spotted Dove	Image
(Treron capellei)	Large Green Pigeon	Image
(Treron curvirostra )	Thick-billed Green Pigeon	Male
(Treron olax)	Little Green Pigeon	Male	Female
(Treron vernans vernans)	Pink-necked Green Pigeon	Male	Female