Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) - HBW 4, p. 153
French: Colombine longup
German: Spitzschopftaube
Spanish: Paloma-bronce Crestuda
Other common names: Crested Dove, Crested Bronzewing, Saddleback/Whistle-winged/Topknot Pigeon(!), Top-knot, Wire-wing
Taxonomy: Columba lophotes Temminck, 1822, New South Wales.
Monotypic genus belonging to the large radiation of Australian bronzewings, which also includes the genera Phaps, Geophaps and Petrophassa, and, more distantly related, Chalcophaps and Henicophaps. Present species included in Geophaps by some authors, and is most closely allied with G. plumifera. Subspecific differences slight, and may prove to be clinal. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- whitlocki Mathews, 1912 - C & N Western Australia and adjacent parts of Northern Territory and South Australia.
- lophotes (Temminck, 1822) - the rest of Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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feeding on short grass Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp lophotes)
Martin Kennewell 22 November 2008 1 year ago 41 sec 4.3 -
Five birds drinking on car air conditioning condensed water Locality Uluru (Ayers) Rock, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp lophotes)
Peter Nash 16 November 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A group feeding on the ground, an adult preening itself on a post, and a bird running on the ground, feeding and flying away Locality Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (ssp lophotes)
Philip Griffin 28 April 2001 8 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
On the ground, preening. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 6 June 2011 50 weeks ago 26 sec 4 -
An adult bird preening on an aerial. Locality Banora Point, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp lophotes)
Nick Talbot 12 September 2010 1 year ago 35 sec 4 -
Two birds feeding on the grass and then one of them walking away. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (ssp lophotes)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 1 year ago 25 sec 4
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Crested pigeon showing iridescent wing feathers.
Locality Farrer Ridge, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 8 September 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Standing on TV aerial
Locality Balmoral Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bob Thompson 13 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Perched on bird-feeder
Locality Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 22 February 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Crested Pigeon on gate after rain storm
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Crested Pigeon on ground with fluffed up posture
Locality Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 November 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
A bird walking in the grass.
Locality Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Bogdan Krajewski 6 November 2010 1 year ago 3.9
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The wing noise of a bird taking off in a park. Locality Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(ssp lophotes)
Nick Talbot 20 May 2012 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3
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