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Crested Pigeon Geophaps lophotes

Described by: Temminck (1822)
Alternate common name(s): Crested Bronzewing, Crested Dove, Whistle-winged Pigeon, Saddleback Pigeon
Old scientific name(s): Ocyphaps lophotes

Photographs

Moggill, Queensland, Australia - Dec, 2002 © Tom Tarrant  Puckapunyal, Victoria, Australia - Jan 8, 2002 © Greg Badcoe and Melissa Clark  Victoria, Australia - 1977 © Hans&Judy Beste  Australia - Aug, 2000 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Australia - Sep, 2002 © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

Interior of Australia;
(1) Coastal areas of sw. Western Australia.
Disperses inland in Western Australia.
(2) C. South Australia e. in c. Victoria (Puckapunyal), New South Wales, c. and e. Queensland (Moggill).
Disperses into c. and s. Northern Territory, w. Queensland and nw. New South Wales.
Introduced to Kangaroo Is.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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