Subfamily: Green pigeon and red pigeon

Japanese: アオバト亜科 - あおばとあか
Subfamily: Green pigeon and red pigeon

… The family Columbidae is usually divided into four subfamilies: Rock doves, Green pigeons, Crowned pigeons, and Mucuna. The Rock doves are the largest subfamily, and include most species except for the Green pigeons and Emperor pigeons, which belong to the Green pigeon subfamily. This subfamily includes arboreal, rocky, and terrestrial species, and the representative species are the Rock dove Columba livia and the Red pigeon Streptopelia tranquebarica . …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Pigeoninae" subfamily is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… ハト科は通常カワラバト,アオバト,カンムリバト,オオハシバトの4亜科に分類される。カワラバト亜科はもっとも大きな亜科で,アオバト亜科に属するアオバト・ミカドバト類を除くほとんどの種を含んでいる。この亜科には樹上生のもの,岩場にすむもの,地上生のものなどがあり,代表種はカワラバトColumba liviaやベニバトStreptopelia tranquebaricaである。…

※「アオバト亜科」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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