Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) [XC641425]
by Toby Esplin from Native Gap Conservation Reserve (near Anmatjere), Central Desert Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (flight call, wing sounds)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) [XC600056]
by Marc Anderson from White Cliffs, Central Darling Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia (song)
Breeding Season (Guide)
Throughout the year, but chiefly during spring and summer.
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Nest
A frail platform of twigs, usually in a bushy horizontal branch, up to 7 - 8 meters above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2; smooth, glossy, white; oval; about 31 x 23 mm. Incubation: 18 - 20 days; by both sexes.
Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 20 - 25 days.
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
lophotes (Temminck, 1822) - Throughout much of Australia, including, eastern NT, Qld (except Cape York Peninsula), Nsouth-western (except south-east), northern Vic and WA (except central and northern regions) and coastal NT.
whitlocki Mathews, 1912 - Central and northern WA, and adjacent regions of NT and SA.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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