Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela) - HBW 4, p. 121
French: Pigeon leucomèle
German: Weißbrusttaube
Spanish: Paloma Blanquinegra
Other common names: Baldy/Cook/Bally Pigeon, White-headed Fruit-pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821, south Queensland, Australia.
Belongs to a superspecies of dark-coloured, iridescent Asian and Australasian forms, including C. janthina and C. vitiensis, and the extinct C. versicolor and C. jouyi; C. pallidiceps may also be related; most closely allied with C. vitiensis. Long known as C. norfolciensis, based only on a dubious description; however, an 18th century watercolour “discovered” in 1953 showed that this name actually applied to another bird that formerly occurred on Norfolk I, possibly Chalcophaps indica. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Australia, from Cooktown (Queensland) to Hunter R (New South Wales), in coastal regions and adjacent highlands.
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A bird calling several times on a branch Locality Broadwater National Park, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 29 July 2007 3 years ago 18 sec 4.7 -
Adult male - picking twigs off a tree. Locality Lilli Pilli, Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 26 January 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4.5 -
Juvenile watching adult male (mostly off screen) and displaying as male passes nearby Locality Lilli Pilli, Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 26 January 2011 1 year ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Terranora Broadwater, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 22 April 2006 5 years ago 10 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched on a branch puffing out its chest Locality Terranora Broadwater, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 22 April 2006 5 years ago 10 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched on a branch and preening Locality Terranora Broadwater, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 22 April 2006 5 years ago 6 sec 3.7
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Pair at a suburban garden feeder
Locality Sherwood, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
White-headed Pigeon in Healesville Sanctuary
Locality Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Alex Kantorovich 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3 -
Perched
Locality South Durras, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 27 May 2007 43 weeks ago 3 -
in tree, about 40' up
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 1 October 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2009 48 weeks ago 2.9
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