Ptilinopinae

Ptilinopinae
Ptilinopus solomonensis pair
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Subfamily:	Ptilinopinae Selby, 1835
Genera
6 and 1 extinct, see text

Ptilinopinae is a subfamily of birds from the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.

Genera

• Drepanoptila Bonaparte, 1855
• Ducula Hodgson, 1836
• Gymnophaps Salvadori, 1874
• Hemiphaga Bonaparte, 1854
• Lopholaimus Gould, 1841
• Ptilinopus Swainson, 1825
• † Rupephaps Worthy et al., 2009
• † Tongoenas Steadman and Takano, 2020 ^{[1] [2]}

 

Ptilinopus heads

Ptilinopus granulifrons and P. hyogastrus (below)

Gallery of genera

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  Drepanoptila
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  Ducula
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  Gymnophaps
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  Hemiphaga
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  Lopholaimus
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  Ptilinopus

References

1. Meet Tongoenas burleyi, Extinct Giant Pigeon from Tonga, on: sci-news, Jul 23, 2020 by News Staff
2. David W. Steadman, Oona M. Takano. 2020. A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves, Columbidae) from the Kingdom of Tonga, with an evaluation of hindlimb osteology of columbids from Oceania. Zootaxa 4810 (3); doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.1