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Table 1 Previous descriptions of jaw, neck, and throat muscles in columbiform birds

From: Digital dissection of the head of the rock dove (Columba livia) using contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Genus species Common name References
Columba livia common pigeon Burk 1893; Rawal 1970; Bhattacharyya 1980, 1994, 2013; Zweers 1982; Van Gennip 1986 [25, 30,31,32,33, 36, 37]
Columba palumbus woodpigeon Rooth 1953; Barnikol 1953 [38, 39]
Alopecoenas (=Gallicolumba) rubescens Marquesan ground dove Burton 1974 [40]
Didunculus strigirostris tooth-billed pigeon Burton 1974; Bhattacharyya 1994 [25, 40]
Ducula sp. imperial pigeon Bhattacharyya 2013 [31]
Ducula aena Nicobar green imperial pigeon Bhattacharyya 1994 [25]
Ducula badia Hodgson’s imperial pigeon Bhattacharyya 1994 [25]
Streptopelia “risoria” Barbary dove Barnikol 1953; Starck and Barnikol 1954 [39, 41]
Spilopelia (=Streptopelia) chinensis Indian spotted dove Bhattacharyya 1994 [25]
Streptopelia decaocto collared dove Bhattacharyya 1994 [25]
Treron waalia Bruce’s green pigeon Burton 1974 [40]
Treron phoenicoptera common green pigeon Bhattacharyya 1994, 2013 [25, 31]
Zenaida aurita zenaida dove Merz 1963 [42]
Zenaida asiatica white-winged dove Merz 1963 [42]
Zenaida (=Zenaidura) macroura mourning dove Merz 1963 [42]
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Zoological Letters

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