Eastern Crested Pigeon: Pair in Courtship

Eastern Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes ssp lophotes)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Doves and Pigeons (Columbiformes)

Family:

Dove and Pigeon (Columbidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Eastern Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes ssp lophotes)

This Photo:

🔍Pair in Courtship🔎

Other name:

Topknot Pigeon

Thank you Alan Melville, Janet Whitington, Andrew Taylor & Joshua S. Martin (BioShots_JM) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Adelaide Plains, the Flinders Ranges, Coastal Areas and elsewhere
Timid, white and grey; with amazing metallic purple & green colours on it's wings (in the right lighting).

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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