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 John 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]
^"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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