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

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

George Sanker / Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) perched on branch in snow, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Stock Dove (Columba oenas) in flight, Helsinki, Finland, March

Markus Varesvuo / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) take off, Hungary

Alan Williams / Domestic pigeons (Columba livia) flock in flight over houses, Cheshire, UK, June.

Andy Trowbridge / Female goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) hiding Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey from passing crows. Southern Norway, February.