List of birds of Benin
Pigeons and doves
Pigeons and doves
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Order: [Columbiformes](/wiki/Columbiformes "Columbiformes")Family: [Columbidae](/wiki/Columbidae "Columbidae")

[Pigeons](/wiki/Pigeon "Pigeon") and [doves](/wiki/Dove "Dove") are stout\-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy [cere](/wiki/Cere "Cere").

* [Rock pigeon](/wiki/Rock_pigeon "Rock pigeon"), *Columba livia* (I)
* [Speckled pigeon](/wiki/Speckled_pigeon "Speckled pigeon"), *Columba guinea*
* [Bronze\-naped pigeon](/wiki/Western_bronze-naped_pigeon "Western bronze-naped pigeon"), *Columba iriditorques*
* [European turtle\-dove](/wiki/European_turtle-dove "European turtle-dove"), *Streptopelia turtur* (A)
* [Mourning collared\-dove](/wiki/Mourning_collared-dove "Mourning collared-dove"), *Streptopelia decipiens*
* [Red\-eyed dove](/wiki/Red-eyed_dove "Red-eyed dove"), *Streptopelia semitorquata*
* [Vinaceous dove](/wiki/Vinaceous_dove "Vinaceous dove"), *Streptopelia vinacea*
* [Laughing dove](/wiki/Laughing_dove "Laughing dove"), *Streptopelia senegalensis*
* [Black\-billed wood\-dove](/wiki/Black-billed_wood-dove "Black-billed wood-dove"), *Turtur abyssinicus*
* [Blue\-spotted wood\-dove](/wiki/Blue-spotted_wood-dove "Blue-spotted wood-dove"), *Turtur afer*
* [Tambourine dove](/wiki/Tambourine_dove "Tambourine dove"), *Turtur tympanistria*
* [Namaqua dove](/wiki/Namaqua_dove "Namaqua dove"), *Oena capensis*
* [Bruce's green\-pigeon](/wiki/Bruce%27s_green-pigeon "Bruce's green-pigeon"), *Treron waalia*
* [African green\-pigeon](/wiki/African_green-pigeon "African green-pigeon"), *Treron calva*

Which birds have a cere?