Columbiformes

Ordo manuk Columbiformes nyakup dara lan merpati sing kasebar wiyar ing saindhenging donya, sing diklasifikasikaké sajeroning famili Columbidae, lan Dodo & Solitaire Rodrigues sing wis cures, sing wis suwé diklasifikasikaké sajeroning famili kaloro, Raphidae"Columbiformes (Pigeons, Doves, and Dodos)". Francis Hugh John Crome. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Eds. Michael Hutchins, Dennis A. Thoney, and Melissa C. McDade. Vol. 9: Birds II. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2004. p 241-246. 17 vols.. 313 spésies ditemukan di seluruh donya yang kalebu kedalam ordo Columbiformes[Curry, Robert. "Avian Orders: Columbiformes." BirdNet. 1 Nov. 2003. Smithsonian Institution. 11 Aug. 2007 <http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ORDERS/Columbiformes.html >.. Kaya akèh manuk liyané, kabèh Columbiformes iku monogamus. Nanging, ora kaya akèh manuk liyané, Columbiformes bisa ngombé kanthi ngisep banyu tanpa ngiringké endhas mburi"Drinking Behavior of Mousebirds in the Namib Desert, Southern Africa "; Tom J. Cade and Lewis I. Greenwald; The Auk, V.83, No. 1, January, 1966 pdf K. Lorenz, Verhandl. Deutsch. Zool. Ges., 41 [Zool. Anz. Suppl. 12]: 69-102, 1939.

 Taksonomi 
Pteroclidae (sandgrouse) biyèné kalebu sajeroning ordo iki mligi amarga prilaku ngombé iki ("Siji-sijiné golongan liya sing nuduhaké prilaku sing padha, ya iku Pteroclidae, dipanggonaké cedhak karo dara mung amarga karakteristik sing tuwa banget sing diyakini iki."). Namun kemudian, Pteroclidae dilaporkan tidak dapat minum dengan "menghisap" atau "menyedot""Drinking Behavior of Sandgrouse in the Namib and Kalahari Deserts, Africa"; Tom J. Cade, Ernest J. Willoughby, and Gordon L. Maclean; The Auk, V.83, No. 1, January, 1966 pdf , lan pteroclidae banjur dipisahaké sajeroning ordo Pteroclidiformes lan dinyatakaké cedhak karo manuk pasisir.

Analisis osteologi lan sekuens DNAJanoo, Anwar (2005): Discovery of isolated dodo bones [Raphus cucullatus (L.), Aves, Columbiformes] from Mauritius cave shelters highlights human predation, with a comment on the status of the family Raphidae Wetmore, 1930. Annales de Paléontologie 91: 167–180. [English with French abstract]  (HTML abstract)Shapiro, Beth; Sibthorpe, Dean; Rambaut, Andrew; Austin, Jeremy; Wragg, Graham M.; Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Lee, Patricia L. M. & Cooper, Alan (2002): Flight of the Dodo. Science 295: 1683.  (HTML abstract) Supplementary information ngindhikasikaké yèn golongan Dodo lan Solitaire Rodrigues luwih pas dipindhahaké dadi subfamili Raphinae sajeroning Columbidae ngèlingi kurangé informasi luwih lanjut.

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