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Columbiformes

Columbiformes

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes

Families

Raphidae[?]
Columbidae

The order Columbiformes includes two families of birds: the Raphidae[?], to which the extinct Dodo, Reunion[?] and Rodriguez Solitaires[?] belonged, and the Columbidae, which includes the very widspread and successful doves and pigeons.

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