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Top knot pigeon

Ocyphaps lophotes

Photo by hookgv
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Field Notes

Description:

About 330mm length.
Sexes similar

Habitat:

Australia wide

Notes:

Also called crested pigeon

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Comments (4)
hookgv
See my notes @David22....he he
takmeng.wong
I love this pigeon, which I first saw in Adelaide a few years ago. There is a group of feathers on the wings that change colour depending on the angle at which you are viewing it. Probably a device to send signal to one another. Brilliant!
MichaelSze
wow i also find one in Hong Kong and upload already :) so happy to see same bird in other country

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