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Spinifex Pigeon. | ||||||||
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Raphidae Columbidae |
The order Columbiformes includes two families of birds: the Raphidae, to which the extinct Dodo, Reunion and Rodrigues Solitaires belonged, and the Columbidae, which includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons.