A beautiful variety of pigeons

colobar waalia (Treron waalia) lives in a narrow habitat in Central Africa and parts of the Middle East where it specializes in eating figs. Joel Sartore photographed this individual at the Houston Zoo.

Spectacled Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata) is native to the tropics of Indonesia. This person was photographed at the Houston Zoo.

Emperor carpophagus (Ducula aenea) flaps its wings at the Kamla Nehru Zoological Park in Ahmedabad, India.

This patterned columbine (Geophaps script), filmed at the Melbourne Zoo, lives in the dry grasslands and forests of Australia.

No, it’s not a parrot. This is a columba from the Philippines (Treron axillaris), filmed at the Avilon Zoo in the Philippines.

Pino’s carpophagus with ruby ​​eyes (Ducula pinon) He is from New Guinea. But it can be seen here at Jurong Bird Park in Singapore.

kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) or the New Zealand carpophagus is considered a cultural asset by the Maori people. This person was photographed at Auckland Zoo.

In Madagascar, the Comoros and Mayotte, the colombar maitsuu (treron australis) sports a vibrant olive green. This individual was photographed at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, South Carolina.

jounud pigeon (Patagioenas corensis) is distinguished by eye rings reminiscent of aviator glasses. The species is heavily hunted for its meat in its native habitats: Colombia, Venezuela, and the Netherlands Antilles. This individual was photographed in the national aviary of Colombia.

Jamail Nicobar (Caloena nicobaricalisten)) is the closest living relative of the dodo. These birds are observed in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, the Malay Archipelago or the Solomon Islands and Palau. The International Union for Conservation of Nature considers this species to be endangered. This person was photographed at the Henry Dooley Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha.

Due to the demand for its meat and luxurious feathers, the Scheepmaker’s goura (Goura scheepmakeri) is vulnerable to extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This photo was taken at the Kamla Nehru Zoological Park in Ahmedabad, India.

Najib Otidifaps (Otidiphaps nobilis aruensis) spends the day feeding on the ground like a pheasant. Although it was born in New Guinea and nearby islands, this individual was photographed at the Cincinnati Zoo. This species is already considered vulnerable to extinction due to limited range and habitat loss.

Pauline carpophagus (Ducula aenea paulina) is a subspecies of the emperor carpophagus from Indonesia. This was taken at the Walsrode bird park in Germany.

Rose-bellied dove (Ducula poliocephala) is already extinct on some islands in the Philippines, where it is threatened by habitat loss and heavy hunting pressure. According to the IUCN classification, this species described in Avilon Zoo is endangered.

wonga columbine (Leucosarcia melanoleuca) was taken at the Houston Zoo. In nature, these birds are seen more often than heard; they emerge from the bush of their native Australia with a thunderous flap of wings.

Paddle Pigeon (Columba archatrix) was filmed in Parc des Oiseaux, France. In Africa and the Middle East, this species has been observed to swallow clay: this behavior is called geophagy.

A white-crowned pigeon that can fly faster than a motorboat (Patagioenas leucocephala) can travel 50 km per day in search of food. According to the IUCN, the species is endangered.

Front bare back (Treron calvus) is one of the five emerald-colored pigeons on the African continent. This species, captured at the Dallas World Aquarium, has a call comparable to a voice.

Add a crest to a regular pigeon and you get a long columbine (Ocyphaps lophotes), pictured at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. This species can whistle using its wings.