Subgenus Columba (Columba) Linnaeus, 1758
- Columba Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [162] [validated as correct name with above authorship, place of publication, and below cited type species by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Direction 38, cf. Mathews, G.M. 1923. On type designation of avian genera. Austral Avian Records 5: 74–80].
Type species:
Columba oenas Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Vigors, N.A. 1825. Observations on the natural affinities that connect the orders and families of birds. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14: 395-517 [481].Secondary source:
Mathews, G.M. 1923. On type designation of avian genera. Austral Avian Records 5: 74-80. - Lithoenas Reichenbach, L. 1853. Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie. Dresden : Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte Lief. 3 xxxi pp. [publication dated as 1852] [xxv] [published without description, but based by reference on Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5)].
Type species:
Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 by original designation. - Rupicola Boghdanov, M. 1884. Conspectus Avium Imperii Rossici. St.-Pétersbourg : Commissionaires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences Fasc. 1 122 pp. [1] [as Columba subgen. Rupicola; published without effective description, but based by reference on Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5)].
Type species:
Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [17]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eurasia south of Arctic Circle, and north Africa; indigenous from Ireland, Britain and France through southern Europe to Urals and arguably Caucasus, Russia, Asia Minor, north Africa and Canary Ils. Also introduced and established in most urban areas around the world, especially all larger cities in Western Hemisphere, Central and South America, India, South Africa and New Zealand.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
Distribution References
- Goodwin, D. 1983. Pigeons and Doves of the World. Ithaca : Cornell University Press 363 pp. 3 pls. (wood and rock pigeons)
- Johnston, R.F. 1962. The taxonomy of pigeons. Condor 64: 69-74 (species-groups oenas Linnaeus, 1758 and palumbus Linnaeus, 1758)
- Long, J.L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World. The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Illustrated by Susan Tingay. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 528 pp.
- Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. [57-61] (to Columba albitorques Rüppell, 1837)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |