Columbinae

Translingual

Etymology

Columba +‎ -inae

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.
Columbinae at Encyclopedia of Life
Columbidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
Columbinae at Paleobiology Database

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