White-quilled Rock Pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) [XC818098]
by nick talbot from Lake Argyle, Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia (call, moving my tripod)
White-quilled Rock Pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) [XC821258]
by id from Lake Argyle, Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia (call, noise from moving my camera gear)
Nest
A slight hollow scooped in the ground, lined with soft dead grass, in the shelter of a tuft of grass or a stone.
Eggs (Guide)
2; smooth, glossy, white; ellipsoidal; about 26 - 30 x 20 - 22 mm. Incubation: about 17 days; by both sexes.
Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 15 days.
albipennis Gould, 1841 - North-eastern western Australia, in Kimberley region from Oobagooma to Kununurra, and northern Northern Territory, north of Baines R and into ranges of Fitzmaurice R.
boothi Goodwin, 1969 - Northern Northern Territory, from Stokes Range to Waterloo Station and south-east to upper reaches of Baines R.
Similar Species
Chestnut-quilled Rock-pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis) which has chestnut wing patches and found further to the east.
References
See References.
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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