Leptotila

Belongs within: Columbidae.

Leptotila is a Neotropical genus of ground-foraging doves that have the outermost primary feather of the wings attenuated and shorter than the previous feather.

<==Leptotila
    |  i. s.: L. battyiJT12
    |         L. conoveriJT12
    |         L. dubusi [incl. Peristera brasiliensis Gray in Sclater & Salvin 1866 (n. n.)]SS66
    |         L. ochraceiventrisJT12
    |         L. pallidaJT12
    |         L. wellsiJT12
    |--L. jamaicensisBKB15
    `--+--L. verreauxiBKB15
       |    |--L. v. verreauxiT62
       |    |--L. v. bangsiT62
       |    |--L. v. brasiliensisT62
       |    |--L. v. decipiensT62
       |    `--L. v. decolorT62
       `--+--L. megaluraBKB15
          `--+--L. rufaxillaBKB15
             `--+--L. cassiniBKB15
                `--L. plumbeicepsBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[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.