kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Columbiformes >
family: Columbidae >
subfamily: Columbinae >
genus: Oena Swainson, 1837 >
species: Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) >
Africa , Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)