Leptotila

Leptotila
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
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.