Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Columbidae family is found worldwide, but the greatest variety is in the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones. Pigeons and doves form part of the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species. Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks, and have short slender bills with fleshy ceres and their youngs are known as squabs...