Columbea

Columbea Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)
Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Neoaves
Clade:	Columbea Jarvis et al., 2014
Clades
Columbimorphae Mirandornithes

Columbea is a clade that contains Columbiformes (pigeons and doves), Pteroclididae (sandgrouses), Mesitornithidae (mesites) and Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes), discovered by genome analysis. Until their recent placement as the sister taxon to Passerea, in the last decade various genetic analysis found them to be in (the almost obsolete) clade Metaves.

Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)

Podicipediformes (grebes)

Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)