Leptotila
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Leptotila is a genus of bird
s in the Columbidae family.
It contains the following species:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s in the Columbidae family.
It contains the following species:
- L. verreauxi BonaparteCharles Lucien BonaparteCharles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano was a French naturalist and ornithologist.-Biography:...
, 1855 - White-tipped DoveWhite-tipped DoveThe White-tipped Dove is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from the southernmost Texas in the USA through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago... - L. megalura SclaterPhilip SclaterPhilip Lutley Sclater was an English lawyer and zoologist. In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world...
& SalvinOsbert SalvinOsbert Salvin FRS was an English naturalist, best known for co-authoring Biologia Centrali-Americana with Frederick DuCane Godman. This was a 52 volume encyclopedia on the natural history of Central America....
, 1879 - Yungas Dove - L. rufaxilla RichardLouis Claude RichardLouis Claude Marie Richard was a French botanist.Richard was born at Versailles. Between 1781 and 1789 he collected botanical specimens in Central America and the West Indies...
and Bernard, 1792 - Grey-fronted DoveGrey-fronted DoveThe Grey-fronted Dove, is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas south to northeast Argentina and Uruguay. Several subspecies exist, among them L. r... - L. plumbeiceps Sclater & Salvin, 1868 - Grey-headed DoveGrey-headed DoveThe Grey-headed Dove is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from eastern Mexico to western Panama. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Grey-fronted Dove, L. rufaxilla, of South America and the Grenada Dove, L...
- L. pallida BerlepschHans von BerlepschCount Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch was a German ornithologist.Berlepsch studied zoology at the University of Halle. He used his inherited wealth to sponsor bird collectors in South America, including Jan Kalinowski and Hermann von Ihering...
& Taczanowski, 1884 - Pallid DovePallid DoveThe Pallid Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:... - L. battyi RothschildWalter Rothschild, 2nd Baron RothschildLionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild FRS , a scion of the Rothschild family, was a British banker, politician, and zoologist.-Biography:...
, 1901 - Azuero Dove - L. wellsi LawrenceGeorge Newbold LawrenceGeorge Newbold Lawrence was an American businessman and amateur ornithologist.Lawrence conducted Pacific bird surveys for Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin, and the three men co-authored Birds of North America in 1858.Lawrence left his collection of 8,000 bird skins to the American Museum of...
, 1884 - Grenada DoveGrenada DoveThe Grenada Dove is a medium-sized New World tropical dove. It is endemic to the island of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Originally known as the Pea Dove or Well's Dove, it is the National Bird of Grenada... - L. jamaicensis Linnaeus, 1766 - Caribbean DoveCaribbean DoveThe Caribbean Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in the Cayman Islands, Colombia , Honduras , Jamaica and Mexico . It has been introduced to New Providence in the Bahamas...
- L. cassini Lawrence, 1867 - Grey-chested DoveGrey-chested DoveThe Grey-chested Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
- L. ochraceiventris ChapmanFrank ChapmanFrank Michler Chapman was a U.S. ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.Chapman was born in West Englewood, New Jersey and attended Englewood Academy. He joined the staff of the American Museum of Natural History in 1888 as assistant to Joel Asaph Allen...
, 1914 - Ochre-bellied DoveOchre-bellied DoveThe Ochre-bellied Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.... - L. conoveri BondJames Bond (ornithologist)James Bond was a leading American ornithologist whose name was appropriated by writer Ian Fleming for his fictional spy, James Bond.-Biography:...
& Meyer de SchauenseeRodolphe Meyer de SchauenseeRodolphe Meyer de Schauensee was an American ornithologist.He was born in Rome, and his family moved to the United States in 1913. He was curator of birds at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for nearly fifty years. He was particularly noted for his study of South American birds...
, 1943 - Tolima DoveTolima DoveThe Tolima Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and pastureland.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...