Leptotila

Leptotila
Caribbean dove
Scientific classification
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
Species
see text

Leptotila is a genus of birds in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. These are ground-foraging doves that live in the Americas.

Taxonomy

The genus Leptotila was introduced by the English naturalist William 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

Zenaidini  Geotrygon – 9 species Leptotila – 11 species Leptotrygon – olive-backed quail-dove Zenaida – 7 species Zentrygon – 8 species

Cladogram showing the position of genera in the tribe Zenaidini. [6] [7]

References

1. "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
2. Swainson, William (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. Vol. 2. London: John Taylor. p. 349.
3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 122.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p.  222. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
6. 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.
7. 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.