
Belongs within: Columbidae.
Columbigallina is a Neotropical genus of small ground-doves, currently usually treated as a synonym of Columbina.
<==ColumbigallinaT62 |--C. buckleyiT62 |--C. cruzianaT62 |--C. minutaT62 | |--C. m. minutaE52 | `--C. m. elaeodesE52 `--C. talpacoti (Temm. 1811)D-DV01 |--C. t. talpacotiT62 |--C. t. caucaeT62 |--C. t. elutaT62 `--C. t. rufipennisT62
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[D-DV01] Durette-Desset, M.-C., & C. Vaucher. 2001. Ornithostrongylus cristatus sp. n. (Nematoda, Trichostrongylina, Molineoidea), parasite de Columbigallina talpacoti (Temm., 1811) (Aves, Columbidae) au Paraguay. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 108 (2): 291–302.
[E52] Eisenmann, E. 1952. Annotated list of birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (5): 1–62.
[T62] Tendeiro, J. 1962. Estudos sobre malófagos: revisão monográfica do género Columbicola Ewing (Ischnocera, Philopteridae). Memórias da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, ser. 2, 32: 7–460.