Columbinae
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Translingual
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Etymology
Proper noun
Columbinae
- A taxonomic subfamily within the family Columbidae – typical doves and pigeons.
Usage notes
- Research suggests that this is likely a paraphyletic group that would have to lose most if its members to be made into a more phylogenetically satisfactory monophyletic group of core genera that included Columba.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Columbimorphae – clade; Columbiformes – order; Columbidae – family
Hyponyms
- (family): Columbini, Zenaidini - tribes
- Columba - type genus; Nesoenas, Macropygia, Turacoena, Reinwardtoena, Streptopelia, Patagioenas, Spilopelia, †Ectopistes; Starnoenas, Geotrygon, Leptotrygon, Leptotila, Zenaida, Zentrygon - genera assigned to tribes in Columbinae
- Caloenas, Chalcophaps, Claravis, Columbina, Gallicolumba, Geopelia, Geophaps, Henicophaps, Leucosarcia, Metriopelia, Ocyphaps, Oena, Petrophassa, Phaps, Trugon, Turtur, Uropelia, †Arenicolumba, †Microgoura - other genera in Columbinae
Further reading
Columbinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Columbinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Columbidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Columbinae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Columbidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Columbinae at Paleobiology Database
