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.

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.