page_title: List of birds of Chile
section_title: Pigeons
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Chile / Pigeons
caption_attribution_description: Black-winged Ground-dove (Metriopelia melanoptera)
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Chile. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. The SACC list includes species recorded in mainland Chile, on the Chilean islands of the Cape Horn area, on other islands and waters near the mainland, and on and around the Juan Fernández Islands. The list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are also those of the SACC.
  The avifauna of Chile has 506 confirmed species, of which 12 are endemic, 113 are rare or vagrants, five have been introduced by humans, and two are extinct or extirpated. An additional seven species are hypothetical. Thirty-five of the species on the Chilean SACC list are globally threatened.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories.
  (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Chile
  Endemic - a species endemic to Chile
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Chile as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Hypothetical - a species recorded but with "no tangible evidence" according to the SACC
context_section_description: Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae
  Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Twelve species have been recorded in Chile.
  Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I)
  Picazuro pigeon, Patagioenas picazuro (V)
  Spot-winged pigeon, Patagioenas maculosa
  Chilean pigeon, Patagioenas araucana
  West Peruvian dove, Zenaida meloda
  Eared dove, Zenaida auriculata
  Bare-faced ground dove, Metriopelia ceciliae
  Black-winged ground dove, Metriopelia melanoptera
  Golden-spotted ground dove, Metriopelia aymara
  Ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti (V)
  Picui ground dove, Columbina picui
  Croaking ground dove, Columbina cruziana
caption: Black-winged ground dove, widespread in the Andes.
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