Columbidae
Columbidae sunt familia avium Columbiformium, circiter 310 species comprehendens, corpore pingue, collo breve, rostro breve et tenue. Plerumque seminibus, fructibus, plantisque vescuntur. Omnem per orbem terrarum praeter Antarcticam habitant, sed maxima diversitas specierum in oecozonis Indomalayana et Australasiatica reperitur.

Familia in 344 speciebus in 49 genera digestis consistit. Tredecim ex speciebus exstinctae sunt.

Columbidae nidos praetenues faciunt, saepe ramulis alioque detritu utentes, quem in ramis arborum, in proiecturis, vel in solo ponere solent, secundum species. Unum vel (plerumque) duo ova semel pariunt, amboque parentes pullos alunt, qui nidum post dies a 25 ad 32 reliquunt. Pulli volare possunt ante quinque hebdomades nati. Plurimarum avium dissimiles, ambo sexus lac ingluviei ad iuvenes alendos faciunt.

Typus familiae est genus Columba.

Taxinomia
Haec taxinomia in opere Ioannis H. Boyd, III, professoris oeconomicae, condita est.

Genera et species insignes

Genus Columba
Columba livia
Columba vitiensis
Genus Didunculus
Didunculus strigirostris
Genus Gallicolumba 
Gallicolumba nui
Genus Geopelia
Geopelia cuneata
Genus Macropygia
Macropygia emiliana
Macropygia mackinlayi
Macropygia nigrirostris
Macropygia ruficeps
Macropygia rufipennis
Macropygia tenuirostris
Macropygia unchall
Genus Ptilinopus
Ptilinopus perusii
Genus Streptopelia
Streptopelia turtur

Notae

Bibliographia
Beehler, Bruce M., et Thane K. Pratt. 2016. Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-16424-3.
Blechman, Andrew. 2007. Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-4328-0.
Gibbs, David, Eustace Barnes, et John Cox. 2001. Pigeons and Doves: a guide to the pigeons and doves of the world. Portu Novo: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300078862.
Glutz v. Blotzheim, Urs N., et Kurt M. Bauer. 1994. Handbuch der Vögel Mitteleuropas: vol. 9.. Ed. altera. Wiesbaden: AULA-Verlag. ISBN 3-89104-562-X.
Münst, Alois, et Josef Wolters. 1999. Tauben: Die Arten der Wildtauben. Ed. altera, aucta et retractata. Bottrop: Verlag Karin Wolters. ISBN 3-9801504-9-6.
Rösler, Gerhard. 1996. Die Wildtauben der Erde: Freileben, Haltung und Zucht. Alfeld et Hanoveriae: Verlag M. & H. Schaper. ISBN 3-7944-0184-0.

Nexus externi 

 De conservatione columbidarum. Columbidae.org.uk.
 Pelliculae columbidarum. Internet Bird Collection.
 Soni columbidarum.
 "Pigeon Fact Sheet." National Pest Management Association.
 
 
 

 
Familiae animalium
Taxa Illiger
Taxa 1811