Eastern Crested Pigeon
Pair
Ellura
Eastern Crested Pigeon
Eye Ring
 
                      
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🔎
Other name: Topknot Pigeon

Thank you Alan Melville, Janet Whitington, Andrew Taylor & Josh 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).

Copyright © 2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 10-Jul-2024
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)