Leptotila

Leptotila
	Caribbean dove
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Subfamily:	Columbinae
Genus:	Leptotila; Swainson, 1837
Type species
	Peristera rufaxilla = 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

^ "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.

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[HM4-1] "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

[2] Swainson, William John (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.

[ioc-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.

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