page_title: List of birds of Egypt
section_title: Pigeons and doves
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Egypt / Pigeons and doves
context_page_description: This is a list of the species of birds found in Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. The avifauna of Egypt include a total of 494 species of birds. No species are endemic to Egypt.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. All of the birds below are included in the total bird count for Egypt.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Egypt
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Egypt as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Egypt although populations exist elsewhere
  (X) Extinct - a species or subspecies that no longer exists.
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.
  Rock pigeon, Columba livia; Ancient Egyptian sSmt(y) 'one of turquoise colour' (?)
  Stock dove, Columba oenas
  Common wood-pigeon, Columba palumbus (A)
  European turtle-dove, Streptopelia turtur; Ancient Egyptian: mnw.t (meaning unknown)
  Oriental turtle-dove, Streptopelia orientalis (A)
  Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto
  African collared-dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea
  Mourning collared-dove, Streptopelia decipiens (A)
  Laughing dove, Spilopelia senegalensis; Ancient Egyptian: cb3 'glittering, shining one'
  Namaqua dove, Oena capensis
  Bruce's green-pigeon, Treron waalia (A)
caption: A perched Laughing dove
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