Animalz

Raphinae

  • Alectroenas
  • Caloenas
  • Cryptophaps
  • Drepanoptila
  • Ducula
  • Gallicolumba
  • Geopelia
  • Geophaps
  • Goura
  • Gymnophaps
  • Hemiphaga
  • Leucosarcia
  • Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica

    A pigeon with long neck feathers and gleaming blue-green plumage.

  • Western Crowned Pigeon Goura cristata

    The Western Crowned Pigeon is a large forest pigeon of New Guinea and nearby Indonesian islands. Its blue-grey body and fan-shaped crest stand out, and it feeds on the ground.

  • Zebra Dove Geopelia striata

    The small Zebra Dove has fine bars across its plumage and walks on the ground to find food.

  • Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri

    Scheepmaker’s crowned pigeon is a large pigeon with a lacy blue crest and deep maroon chest. It lives in lowland forests of south-eastern New Guinea.

  • Whistling Fruit Dove Ptilinopus layardi

    The Whistling Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon found on Kadavu and nearby Ono Island in southern Fiji. Few breeding records have been published.

  • Palau Ground Dove Pampusana canifrons

    This ground dove lives on Palau’s islands. A male specimen was described with a grey head and breast and a bronze-toned back.

  • Victoria crowned pigeon Goura victoria

    A pigeon with a large lace-like crest that searches for food on the forest floor.

  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes

    The Crested Pigeon is marked by a thin black crest and a whistle-like sound from its wings when startled into flight.

  • New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

    The New Zealand Pigeon is a large pigeon endemic to New Zealand. Its green and bronze iridescent body contrasts with a white breast; it mainly eats fruit, with leaves and buds in some seasons.

  • Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus

    The Grey-green Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon found on Tahiti and Moorea in the Society Islands. It uses forests and other wooded places.

  • Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus

    The Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove has a gray-green head and breast set against a violet crown patch.

  • White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis

    A dove from the islands around New Guinea. The New Guinea form has a dark purple back and a white breast patch.