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Leptotila 
Summary
Leptotila is a genus of birds in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. These are ground-foraging doves that live in the Americas.
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| Caribbean dove | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Columbinae |
| Genus: | Leptotila Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Peristera rufaxilla[1] = Columba jamaicensis Selby, 1835
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| Species | |
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The genus Leptotila was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1837 with the Caribbean dove Leptotila jamaicensis as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek leptos meaning "delicate" or "slender" with ptilon meaning "feather".[4]
The genus contains the following 11 species:[5]
- White-tipped dove, Leptotila verreauxi
- Yungas dove, Leptotila megalura
- Grey-fronted dove, Leptotila rufaxilla
- Grey-headed dove, Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Pallid dove, Leptotila pallida
- Azuero dove, Leptotila battyi – split from the grey-headed dove
- Grenada dove, Leptotila wellsi
- Caribbean dove, Leptotila jamaicensis
- Grey-chested dove, Leptotila cassinii
- Ochre-bellied dove, Leptotila ochraceiventris
- Tolima dove, Leptotila conoveri
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| Cladogram showing the position of genera in the tribe Zenaidini.[6][7] |
References edit
- ^ "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. Vol. 2. London: John Taylor. p. 349.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 122.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ Banks, R.C.; Weckstein, J.D.; Remsen Jr, J.V.; Johnson, K.P. (2013). "Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini)". Zootaxa. 3669 (2): 184–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.11.
- ^ Johnson, K.P.; Weckstein, J.D. (2011). "The Central American land bridge as an engine of diversification in New World doves". Journal of Biogeography. 38: 1069–1076. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02501.x.