Columbidae in U.S zoos.

[jurassicavm]

so i was initially gonna ask about conservation projects for Starnoenas cyanocephala in the U.S but then i realized Columbidae is one of my favorite groups of animals and was just curious about interesting species bred in the U.S in general. but still a main focus on Starnoenas cyanocephala. so anyone got anything?

 

[birdsandbats]

I was planning on making a thread at some point where I attempt to make a complete list of collections in North America that keep Columbidae species. It will come out eventually.

 

[Great Argus]

so i was initially gonna ask about conservation projects for Starnoenas cyanocephala in the U.S but then i realized Columbidae is one of my favorite groups of animals and was just curious about interesting species bred in the U.S in general. but still a main focus on Starnoenas cyanocephala. so anyone got anything?

I do not believe there are any Starnoenas cyanocephala (Blue-headed Quail-Dove) in the US, I did a good amount of digging around the internet and could not find anything. There are no photos in the ZooChat gallery, nor barely any references on the forum at all barring the Columbidae Photographic Guide by TLD. Due to only occurring in Cuba I expect that is the main reason for their absence. Whether there are any in captivity in Cuba or elsewhere I'm not sure, but Cuba is probably the only place if anywhere they are kept.

 

[drill]

I know of none in the USA. In my list of Animals in US Zoos there are 66 doves and pigeons

1. 
   Andean band-tailed pigeon L
   
   
2. Band-tailed pigeon R
   
   
3. African olive-pigeon R/L
   
   
4. Blue-headed wood dove R/L
   
   
5. Chiriqui quail-dove R/L
   

Crested quail-dove U/R

1. 
   
2. Purplish-backed quail-dove* Dallas World Aquarium
   
   
3. Ruddy quail-dove R/L
   
   
4. Southern band-tailed pigeon* Bronx Zoo
   
   
5. Emerald-spotted wood-dove R
   
   
6. Mourning dove U/R
   
   
7. Namaqua dove U
   
   
8. Pink pigeon R
   
   
9. Peruvian pigeon R
   
   
10. Rock pigeon U
    
    
11. Socorro dove R
    
    
12. Speckled pigeon C
    
    
13. Spotted dove U
    
    
14. Tambourine dove R/L
    
    
15. Eurasian collared dove U
    
    
16. Philippine collared dove R/L
    
    
17. Senegal laughing dove R/L
    
    
18. African green-pigeon R
    
    
19. Bruce's green pigeon U
    
    
20. Madagascan green pigeon* Riverbanks Zoo
    
    
21. Pink-necked green-pigeon R
    
    
22. Adamawa turtle dove* San Diego Zoo
    
    
23. Eurasian turtle dove U
    
    
24. Malagasy turtle dove R
    
    
25. Metallic pigeon* San Diego Zoo
    
    
26. Ring-necked dove U
    
    
27. Scaled pigeon R/L
    
    
28. White-crowned pigeon* Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary
    
    
29. White-winged dove R
    
    
30. Blue ground-dove U
    
    
31. Croaking ground-dove R
    
    
32. White-throated ground-dove R
    
    
33. Mindanao bleeding-heart R
    
    
34. Crested pigeon R
    
    
35. Squatter pigeon* San Diego Zoo
    
    
36. Wonga pigeon R
    
    
37. Diamond dove R
    
    
38. Emerald dove R
    
    
39. Luzon bleeding-heart C
    
    
40. Sulawesi ground-dove R
    
    
41. Green-naped pheasant pigeon C
    
    
42. Nicobar pigeon C
    
    
43. Blue-crowned pigeon U
    
    
44. Southern crowned-pigeon R
    
    
45. Thick-billed ground-pigeon* St. Louis Zoo Others?
    
    
46. Victoria crowned-pigeon C
    
    
47. White-naped pheasant pigeon C
    
    
48. Beautiful fruit-dove U
    
    
49. Black-chinned fruit-dove R
    
    
50. Black-naped fruit-dove U
    
    
51. Collared imperial-pigeon R/L
    
    
52. Coroneted fruit-dove* San Diego Zoo
    
    
53. Jambu fruit-dove R
    
    
54. Orange-bellied fruit-dove* San Diego Zoo
    
    
55. Papuan mountain-pigeon* San Diego Zoo
    
    
56. Green imperial-pigeon R
    
    
57. Pied imperial-pigeon C
    
    
58. Pink-headed fruit-dove R
    
    
59. Purple-tailed imperial-pigeon* San Diego Zoo
    
    
60. Red-knobbed imperial-pigeon R/L
    
    
61. Superb fruit dove R
    
    
62. Many-colored fruit-dove R/L
    
    
63. Mariana fruit-dove U
    
    
64. Wompoo fruit dove U
    

 

[ThylacineAlive]

The Bronx Zoo and Gladys Porter Zoo animals are the same taxa.

EDIT: I'm pleasantly surprised to say I'm only missing four of the taxa on that list!

~Thylo