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Geophaps plumifera, spinifex pigeonPlate 69, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 5 (1840-1848)
Zenaida macroura, mourning dovePlate 17 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Zenaida aurita, zenaida dovePlate 162 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Starnoenas cyanocephala, blue-headed quail dovePlate 172 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Raphus cucullatus, dodo, Ara macao, scarlet macawOil painting attributed to Roelandt Savery (c. 1625). Given to The Natural History Museum, London, in 1759 by G. Edwards. See N04297 for black and white image
Columba leucocephala, white-crowned pigeonPlate 177 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Ectopistes migratoria, passenger pigeonMounted specimen of a passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratoria) at The Natural History Museum, London. Extinct since 1914, it was formerly abundant over North America. See image number 4709
Didunculus strigirostris, tooth-billed pigeonPlate 2 from Sir Richard Owens Memoirs on the Dodo, (1866). Held in the Earth Science Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Streptopelia chinensis, spotted-necked dovePlate 21, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Columba elphinstonii, Nilgiri woodpigeonPlate 26, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Collection birds eggsPlate 58 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn
Columba vitiensis, white-throated pigeonDrawing No. 72, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Ducula zoeae, banded imperial pigeonPlate 39 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia
Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitairePlate number 512 c by Richard Owen drawn from a male skeleton specimen at Cambridge university.This giant flightless pigeon was the closest relative of the dodo, it was native to Rodrigues Island
Tupinambis nigropunctatus, black teguPhotograph of a display case of pigeons, taken in the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum in April 1895 by Miss K M Reynolds
Pigeon types, c. 1918, the Natural History Museum, LondonAs food shortages hit during World War I, carrier pigeons that saved lives by relaying messages from downed pilots or disabled ships sometimes ended up shot for pigeon pie
Roller Tumbler, domestic pigeonThis pigeon is from the collection of domestic pigeons donated to the Natural History Museum by Charles Darwin in 1867. The bird probably came from Darwins own aviaries
Streptopelia senegalensis, laughing dovePlate 22, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Ptilinopus magnificus, woompoo fruit dovePlate 58, hand coloured lihtograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 5 (1840-1848)
Microgoura meeki, Choiseul pigeonPhotograph of Microgoura meeki specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is presumed extinct
Columba jouyi, Ryukyu pigeonPhotograph of Columba jouyi specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is now extinct
Columba versicolor, Bonin wood pigeonPhotograph of Columba versicolor specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is now extinct
Ptilinopus wallacii, Wallaces fruit-dovePlate 55 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 5 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph
Fancy domestic pigeonsMounted fancy pigeon varieties, similar to those studied by Charles Darwin as he developed his ideas on evolution through natural selection
Columba fasciata, band-tailed pigeonPlate 367 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Ducula pacifica, Macropygia mackinlayi, Columba vitiensisWatercolour by Thomas Theodore Barnard (1922)
Columba livia, Jjacobine pigeon (domestic)Watercolour by Edward Lear (c. 1835), Charles Darwin estimated that there were 150 different species of domestic pigeons
Columba livia, domestic pigeonWatercolour by unknown artist (c. 1850). Originally illustrated in one of five volumes bought by the Natural History Museum by an unknown source from Japan
Dodo, peacocks and turkeysPlate XXVII from Francies Willughbys ornithologi libri tres : in quibus Aves omnes hactenus cognit... describuntur... Totum opus recognovit, di gessit, supplevit J. Raius, &c, 1676