Leptotila
Genus of birds
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Tribe: | Zenaidini |
| Genus: | Leptotila Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Peristera rufaxilla[1] = Columba jamaicensis Selby, 1835 | |
| Species | |
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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
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| Cladogram showing the position of genera in the tribe Zenaidini.[6][7] |
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