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Photo by Mat & Cathy
Photo taken: Ormiston Gorge, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Geophaps plumifera

[edit] Identification

Rusty coloured, bright red facial patch around the eye with a ring of black and grey facial patches, black striations on their wings. Sexes similar.

[edit] Distribution

Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are two races; the White-bellied Spinifex Pigeon, Geophaps plumifera plumifera, which is permanently found in the arid areas of north western, northern, eastern and central Australia, and the Red-bellied Spinifex Pigeon, Geophaps plumifera ferruginea, which is permanently found the Pilbara, Western Australia.

[edit] Habitat

Stony areas with low woodlands and spinifex grasses.

[edit] Behaviour

They are nomadic and terristrial.

The diet includes seeds.

2 white eggs are laid in the shelter of a spinifex bush.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID