How many species of Columbidae have you seen?

My list is small

Wild

Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring Necked Dove
White Winged Dove
Inca Dove
Zebra Dove
Lace Necked Dove

Captive

Diamond Dove
Cape Dove
Blue Ground Dove
Emerald Dove
African Collared Dove
Luzon Bleed Heart
Bartletts Bleeding Heat
Crested Dove
Senegal Dove
White Throated Ground Dive
Marianas Fruit Dove
Black Naped Fruit Dove
Coroneted Fruit Dove
Wompoo Fruit Dive
Orange Bellied Fruit Dove
Jambu Fruit Dove
Beautiful Fruit Dove
Pink Spotted Fruit Dove
Yellow Breasted Fruit Dove
Speckled Pigeon
Common Bronzewing
Squatter Pigeon
Thick Billed Ground Pigeon
Papuan Mountain Pigeon
Collared Imperial Pigeon
Purple Tailed Imperial Pigeon
Pied Imperial Pigeon
Green Imperial Pigeon
Red Knobbed Imperial Pigeon
Island Imperial Pigeon
Olive Pigeon
Nicobar Pigeon
Wonga Pigeon
Green Naped Pheasant Pigeon
White Naped Pheasant Pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Blue Crowned Pigeon

I know there’s a few more captive species I’ve seen, but I can’t remember exactly what, but the above list is probably 95% complete.
 
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MRJ said:
Can't say how many species I have seen in captivity, but I'm very sure not as many as in the wild. Total in the wild 35 species, and here is the list:

Chalcophaps indica Asian emerald dove
Chalcophaps longirostris Pacific emerald dove
Columba guinea Speckled pigeon
Columba leucomela White-headed pigeon
Columba livia Rock pigeon
Columba palumbus European wood pigeon
Columba torringtoniae Sri Lanka wood pigeon
Ducula aenea Green imperial pigeon
Ducula pickeringii Mountain imperial pigeon
Ducula spilorrhoa Torresian imperial pigeon
Geopelia humeralis Bar-shouldered dove
Geopelia placida Peaceful dove
Geopelia striata Zebra dove
Geophaps scripta Squatter pigeon
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae New Zealand pigeon
Leucosarcia melanoleuca Wonga pigeon
Macropygia amboinensis Brown cuckoo-dove
Macropygia unchall Barred cuckoo-dove
Ocyphaps lophotes Crested pigeon
Oena capensis Namaqua dove
Phaps chalcoptera Common bronzewing
Phaps elegans Brush bronzewing
Ptilinopus magnificus Wompoo pigeon
Spilopelia chinensis Spotted turtle-dove
Spilopelia senegalensis Laughing dove
Streptopelia capicola Ring-necked (Cape turtle-) dove
Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia semitorquata Red-eyed dove
Streptopelia tranquebarica Red-collared dove
Streptopelia turtu European turtle dove
Treron bicinctus Orange-breasted green pigeon
Treron griseicauda Grey-cheeked green pigeon
Treron pompodora Sri Lankan green pigeon
Treron vernans Pink-necked green pigeon
Zenaida macroura American mourning dove

Off the top of the the head species I have seen in captivity and not in the wild include diamond dove, spinifex pigeon, Nicobar pigeon and the crowned pigeons.
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I've only added two species over the last 20 months, making a total of 37 species seen in the wild.

Stock pigeon
Topknot pigeon
 
I think I've seen only these species, both wild and in captivity.
  1. Nicobar Pigeon - Caloenas nicobarica
  2. African Olive Pigeon - Columba arquatrix
  3. Speckled Pigeon - Columba guinea
  4. Rock Dove - Columba livia
  5. Common Ground Dove - Columbina passerina
  6. Luzon Bleeding-Heart - Gallicolumba luzonica
  7. Diamond Dove - Geopelia cuneata
  8. Zebra Dove - Geopelia striata
  9. Western Crowned Pigeon - Goura cristata
  10. Victoria Crowned Pigeon - Goura victoria
  11. Wonga Pigeon - Leucosarcia melanoleuca
  12. Pink Pigeon - Nesoenas mayeri
  13. Namaqua Dove - Oena capensis
  14. White-Throated Ground Dove - Pampusana xanthonura
  15. Band-Tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata
  16. Black-Naped Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus melanospilus
  17. Beautiful Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus puchellus
  18. Jambu Fruit Dove - Ramphiculus jambu
  19. Spotted Dove - Spilopelia chinensis
  20. Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
  21. Bruce's Green Pigeon - Treron waalia
  22. Blue-Headed Wood Dove - Turtur brehmeri
  23. Emerald-Spotted Wood Dove - Turtur chalcospilos
  24. Tambourine Dove - Turtur tympanistria
  25. White-Winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
  26. Socorro Dove - Zenaida graysoni
  27. Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
So I've seen a small amount of 27 members out of 344 extant species, meaning I've seen only approximately 7.85% of them
 
I've seen 31 species out of a possible 344 extant species.
  1. African Green Pigeon - Treron calvus
  2. Asian Emerald Dove - Chalcophaps indica
  3. Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata
  4. Beautiful Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus pulchellus
  5. Black-naped Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus melanospilus
  6. Bleeding Heart Dove - Gallicolumba luzonica
  7. Blue Crowned Pigeon - Goura cristata
  8. Blue Ground Dove - Claravis pretiosa
  9. Blue-headed Wood Dove - Turtur brehmeri
  10. Bruce's Green Pigeon - Treron waalia
  11. Crested Pigeon - Ocyphaps lophotes
  12. Crested Quail-Dove - Geotrygon versicolor
  13. Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon - Otidiphaps nobilis
  14. Malagasy Turtle Dove - Nesoenas picturatus
  15. Many-colored Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus perousii
  16. Mariana Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus roseicapilla
  17. Mindanao Bleeding-heart - Gallicolumba crinigera
  18. Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
  19. Namaqua Dove - Oena capensis
  20. Nicobar Pigeon - Caloenas nicobarica
  21. Pied Imperial Pigeon - Ducula bicolor
  22. Pink-necked Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus porphyreus
  23. Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
  24. Ruddy Quail-dove - Geotrygon montana
  25. Speckled Pigeon - Columba guinea
  26. Stock Dove - Columba oenas
  27. Sulawesi Ground Dove - Gallicolumba tristigmata
  28. Tambourine Dove - Turtur tympanistria
  29. Victoria Crowned Pigeon - Goura victoria
  30. White-throated Ground Dove - Gallicolumba xanthonura
  31. White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
 
vogelcommando said:
By a little zoo-trip which I made last month to the Czech Rep. I can add 3 more species on my personal list. 2 of them I could have seen before in the 1980s in the Dutch / Belgium bird-trade but can't remember for sure but now I am sure that I saw the White-eared brown-pigeon ( Phapitreron leucotis ) at Zoo Plzen :
White-eared brown-doves - Phapitreron leucotis

White-eared brown-doves - Phapitreron leucotis

Oct. 16 2021
and at Zoo Prague I could clearly observe the New Guinea bronzewing ( Henicophaps albifrons ) :
New Guinea bronzewing - Henicophaps albifrons

New Guinea bronzewing - Henicophaps albifrons

Oct. 17 2021
A third species I was able to see is for sure a Lifer for me because I'm sure that in the 1980s no ( or very few ) birds from Madagascar were avaible in the bird-trade. At Zoo Plzen I was however able to see a nice specimen of the Madagascar blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas madagascariensis ) :
Madagascar blue-pigeon

Madagascar blue-pigeon

Oct. 16 2021
So now my total species of Pigeons and doves seen is 124 :).
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Came along this thread again and discovered I had forgotten a few more species I've seen. I'm quite sure I saw all 3 already in the 1980s in the European bird-trade but not 100 % sure so thats why I didn't put them on my first lists. In 2021 I saw them for sure at Plzen Zoo ( Czech Rep - together with @Jana - again many thanks for showing me this great zoo ! ).
The species are :
- Ruddy turtle dove - Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis
- Philippine metalic pigeon - Columba vitiensis griseogularis
- Red-bellied fruit dove - Ptilinopus greyi
This brings my total species seen and or kept for sure at 127 :).
 
17 species total, 3 of which were seen in the wild

Nicobar Pigeon
Feral Pigeon
Pied Imperial Pigeon
Luzon Bleeding-Heart
Sulawesi Ground Dove
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Wonga Pigeon
Green-Naped Pheasant Pigeon
Jambu Fruit Dove
Black-Naped Fruit Dove
Pink-Headed Fruit Dove
Beautiful Fruit Dove
Mariana Fruit Dove
Spotted Dove
Blue-Headed Wood Dove
White-Winged Dove
Mourning Dove
 
I don't really keep track of the captive bird species I've seen, but here's my wild list:

Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
 
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