Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) - HBW 4, p. 241

French: Carpophage à double huppe German: Haubenfruchttaube Spanish: Paloma Bicrestada
Other common names: Flock Pigeon, Quook Quook

Taxonomy: Columba Antarctica Shaw, 1794, New South Wales.
A distinctive monotypic genus of uncertain affinities; perhaps most closely related to Hemiphaga, as both of these genera have only 12 tail feathers, while cere is feathered dorsally. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Australia, from SE Cape York (Cooktown area) to southernmost New South Wales in coastal lowlands and adjacent highlands and plateaux.