See text Columbigallina Scardafella Columbina is a genus of small doves in the family Columbidae that live in the New World.

Columbina doves are normally found in pairs or small flocks and generally occur in open country.

The genus was introduced in 1825 by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix.

[2] The name is from Latin columbinus meaning "of a dove" or "dove-like".

[3] The type species was designated as the C. strepitans by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841.