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Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon
Petrophassa rufipennisCollett, 1898
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Also known asGundalk
- Order
- COLUMBIFORMES
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Petrophassa
At a glance
The Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon is a medium-sized bird, about 30 cm long, listed as Least Concern and endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 30 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon look like?
The Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon is a medium-sized bird, about 30 cm long and weighing 130–186 g.
The chestnut-quilled rock pigeon is a dark sooty brown pigeon with a distinctive bright chestnut patch on its wing visible in flight. It has distinctive pale lines across its face curving above and below its eye. A species of bird in the family Columbidae, it is very similar in behaviour and habitat to the white-quilled rock pigeon but it is only found on rocky escarpments in western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon?
The Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon eat?
The Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon feeds on seeds, usually foraging in flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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