| LC control no. | sh 85028749 |
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| LC classification | QL696.C63 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Columbidae |
| Variant(s) | Columbae Dove family (Birds) Doves (Bird family) Pigeon family (Birds) Pigeons (Bird family) |
| See also | Columbiformes |
| Found in | Goodwin, D. Pigeons and doves of the world, 1983: p. 9 (The pigeons are a large and successful family of birds) pp. 10-11 (ornithologically there is no distinction between pigeons and doves; in common speech, in Britain, the word "pigeon" is usually applied to the larger species such as the wood pigeon and "dove" to the smaller ones such as the Barbary dove) Skutch, A.F. Life of the pigeon, 1991: p. xi (the larger members of the family are mostly called pigeons, the smaller ones doves) ITIS, Sept. 1, 2004 (Family Columbidae -- doves, pigeons. Order Columbiformes) Birds of the world : a Clements-like listing, via WWW, Sept. 1, 2004 (Columbidae - Pigeons and doves) Bird families of the world : the Sibley and Monroe classification, via WWW, Sept. 1, 2004 (Columbidae - Pigeons) Web. 3 (Columbae: suborder of birds (order Columbiformes) consisting of the doves and pigeons and the extinct dodo and solitaire) The American Heritage dictionary of the English language, via WWW, Sept. 1, 2004 (pigeon 1. Any of various birds of the widely distributed family Columbidae, characteristically having plump bodies, small heads, and short legs, especially the rock dove or any of its domesticated varieties) |
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