Leptotila
| Leptotila | |
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| Caribbean dove | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Columbinae |
| Genus: | Leptotila Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Peristera rufaxilla = Columba jamaicensis Selby, 1835
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| Species | |
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Leptotila is a genus of birds in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. These are ground-foraging doves that live in the Americas.