DOVE & PIGEON SPECIES OF ABACO

COLUMBIDAE OF ABACO

ALL ARE PERMANANT BREEDING SPECIES*

White-crowned Pigeon White-crowned Pigeon, Abaco, Bahamas (Gerlinde Taurer) White-crowned Pigeon, Abaco (Alex Hughes)

White-winged dove White-winged Dove, Abaco - Tony Hepburn

Eurasian Collared Dove Collared Dove, Abaco - Keith Salvesen / Rolling Harbour

Eurasian Collared Dove, Abaco (Bruce Hallett)

Common Ground Dove (Tobacco Dove) Common Ground Dove, Abaco 1 (Tom Sheley) Common Ground Dove, Abaco (Keith Salvesen)

Zenaida Dove Zenaida Dove, Abaco (Bruce Hallett)

Key West Quail-Dove Key West Quail-Dove, Elbow Cay, Abaco (Milton Harris) 1a

Rock Pigeon Rock Pigeon, Sandy Point, Abaco Bahamas.Tom Sheley 2b Rock Pigeon NYC (keith Salvesen)

Mourning Dove Mourning Dove, Abaco (Charles Skinner)

The birds shown above represent the 8 species found on Abaco. However, in New Providence, there is a beautiful pigeon that, as of a few years ago, had not made its way over to Abaco and had yet to be introduced there. Possibly the situation is different nowadays. Info would be welcome.

Pied Imperial Pigeon (Nassau)

Pied Imperial Pigeon 1, Nassau (Woody Bracey)

Species checklist taken from the complete checklist in ‘Birds of Abaco by Keith Salvesen’ (aka Rolling Harbour

*For some, there is a shooting season

Photo credits: Gerlinde Taurer (1); Alex Hughes (2); Tom Sheley (3, 7, 13); Tony Hepburn (4); Keith Salvesen (5, 8, 14); Bruce Hallett (6, 9, 10); Woody Bracey (11, 16, 17); Milton Harris (12); Charles Skinner (15)