Eladio Fernandez / Blue-headed quail-dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) profile, Cuba. Endangered species. Endemic.

Karine Aigner / Blue-headed quail-dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) on ground, Cuba

Paul Hobson / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) standing at a drinking pool. Hungary. May.

Steve Downer / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding in a garden, flies to fence and then out of frame, Birmingham, England, UK, March.

Staffan Widstrand / Western crowned pigeon, (Goura cristata), Aiduma Island, Triton Bay, near mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Staffan Widstrand / Western crowned pigeon, (Goura cristata), Aiduma Island, Triton Bay, near mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Victoria, Australia

Biraj Sarkar/ BIA / Ashy-headed Green Pigeon (Treron phayrei) feeding on fruit, Darjeeling, India

Andy Trowbridge / Female Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) perched on a branch in falling snow, with Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Norway, January.

Alan Murphy / White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) flying, Arizona

Alan Murphy / White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica), Arizona

Graeme Guy / Pink-necked Green-Pigeon (Treron vernans) male feeding on berries, Kedah, Malaysia