Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
White-quilled Rock-pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) - HBW 4, p. 155
French: Colombine des rochers
German: Weißspiegeltaube
Spanish: Paloma Roquera Aliblanca
Other common names: White-winged Rock-pigeon/Bronzewing
Taxonomy: Petrophassa albipennis Gould, 1841, Victoria River, Western Australia.
Genus belongs to the large radiation of Australian bronzewings, which also includes the genera Phaps, Ocyphaps and Geophaps and, more distantly, Henicophaps and Chalcophaps. Present species forms superspecies with P. rufipennis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albipennis Gould, 1841 - NE Western Australia, in Kimberley region from Oobagooma to Kununurra, and N Northern Territory, N of Baines R and into ranges of Fitzmaurice R.
- boothi Goodwin, 1969 - N Northern Territory, from Stokes Range to Waterloo Station and SE to upper reaches of Baines R.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Sunning itself high on the rocky cliff.
Locality Mirima (Hidden Valley) National Park, Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia (ssp albipennis)
Mat Gilfedder 13 September 2005 2 years ago 4 -
White-quilled Rock-pigeon perched on a rockface
Locality Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 20 July 2010 12 weeks ago 3.2 -
Resting on a rock-face
Locality Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 20 July 2010 1 year ago 3.2
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