There are hundreds of species in the dove and pigeon order, Order Columbiformes of the Class Aves.Genera include Streptopelia, Turtur, Macropygia, Ptilinopus, Geotrygon and Gallicolumba.Examples of...
The common chicken's species name is Gallus gallus. More specifically, it is called Gallus gallus domesticus to distinguish it from its wild ancestor the red junglefowl which is just Gallus gallus.