Ptilinopinae

Ptilinopinae
Ptilinopus solomonensis pair
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Raphinae
Tribe: Ptilinopodini
Selby, 1835
Genera

5 and 2 extinct, see text

Ptilinopinae is a subfamily of birds from the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. It consists of five extant genera (formerly six) and two extinct genera.

Since 2007 Columbidae have been subdivided into three subfamilies, which are now called Columbinae, Claravinae and Raphinae. The extant genera that were in Ptilinopinae have been placed in the Ptilinopodini tribe of the Raphinae subfamily.

Genera

 

Ptilinopus heads
Ptilinopus granulifrons and P. hyogastrus (below)

References

  1. ↑ Worthy, Trevor H.; Hand, Suzanne J.; Worthy, Jennifer P.; Tennyson, Alan J. D. & Scofield, R. Paul (2009). "A large fruit pigeon (Columbidae) from the Early Miocene of New Zealand". The Auk. 126 (3): 653. Bibcode:2009Auk...126..649W. doi:10.1525/auk.2009.08244. S2CID 86799657.
  2. ↑ Young, Mark T.; Hume, Julian P.; Day, Michael O.; Douglas, Robert P.; Simmons, Zoë M.; White, Judith; Heller, Markus O.; Gostling, Neil J. (2024). "The systematics and nomenclature of the Dodo and the Solitaire (Aves: Columbidae), and an overview of columbid family-group nomina". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (4) zlae086: 14. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae086.
  3. ↑ Young, Mark T.; Gregory, Steven M. S.; Dickinson, Edward C.; Hume, Julian P.; Day, Michael O.; Douglas, Robert P.; Simmons, Zoë M.; White, Judith; Heller, Markus O.; Gostling, Neil J. (2024). "Nomenclatural addendum to 'The systematics and nomenclature of the Dodo and the Solitaire (Aves: Columbidae), and an overview of columbid family-group nomina'". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 zlae157: 5. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae157.
  4. ↑ Parish, Jolyon C. (2026). "The phylogenetic relationships of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and the Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) within Columbidae (Aves: Columbiformes), including other large extinct taxa, based on morphological data". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 38 (1): 194. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2473546.
  5. ↑ Meet Tongoenas burleyi, Extinct Giant Pigeon from Tonga, on: sci-news, Jul 23, 2020 by News Staff
  6. ↑ David W. Steadman, Oona M. Takano. 2020. A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves, Columbidae) from the Kingdom of Tonga, with an evaluation of hindlimb osteology of columbids from Oceania. Zootaxa 4810 (3); doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.1