Table 1.

Previous descriptions of jaw, neck, and throat muscles in columbiform birds

Genus	species	Common name	References
Columba	livia	common pigeon	Burk 1893; Rawal 1970; Bhattacharyya 1980, 1994, 2013; Zweers 1982; Van Gennip 1986 [25, 30–33, 36, 37]
Columba	palumbus	woodpigeon	Rooth 1953; Barnikol 1953 [38, 39]
Alopecoenas (=Gallicolumba)	rubescens	Marquesan ground dove	Burton 1974 [40]
Didunculus	strigirostris	tooth-billed pigeon	Burton 1974; Bhattacharyya 1994 [25, 40]
Ducula	sp.	imperial pigeon	Bhattacharyya 2013 [31]
Ducula	aena	Nicobar green imperial pigeon	Bhattacharyya 1994 [25]
Ducula	badia	Hodgson’s imperial pigeon	Bhattacharyya 1994 [25]
Streptopelia	“risoria”	Barbary dove	Barnikol 1953; Starck and Barnikol 1954 [39, 41]
Spilopelia (=Streptopelia)	chinensis	Indian spotted dove	Bhattacharyya 1994 [25]
Streptopelia	decaocto	collared dove	Bhattacharyya 1994 [25]
Treron	waalia	Bruce’s green pigeon	Burton 1974 [40]
Treron	phoenicoptera	common green pigeon	Bhattacharyya 1994, 2013 [25, 31]
Zenaida	aurita	zenaida dove	Merz 1963 [42]
Zenaida	asiatica	white-winged dove	Merz 1963 [42]
Zenaida (=Zenaidura)	macroura	mourning dove	Merz 1963 [42]