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Squatter Pigeon

Geophaps scripta

Least Concern

Envergadura

28,1 cm

Peso

215,5 g

Família

Columbidae

Ordem

Columbiformes

Sobre

Medium, 25–30 cm, ground pigeon with brown upperparts, white-spotted breast, and a bare red-and-yellow facial mask. Inhabits open woodland, grassland, and rocky gorges in central and eastern Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Granivore of seeds and small grains on the ground. Near Threatened due to altered fire regimes and habitat change.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	28,1 cm	11.1 in
Peso	215,5 g	7.60 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

Blue-eyed Ground Dove: blue eye-ring; gray-brown; iridescent blue wing spots; pale below; Brazilian endemic; critically endangered

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Nidificação

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 17 days. Fledging: 9 days.

Tamanho da postura

Som

Canto

Soft, rolling coo with squatter quality; gentle warm notes typical of Australian open dry woodland habitat.

Taxonomia

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordem	Columbiformes (Pigeons & Doves)
Família	Columbidae (Pigeons & Doves)
Genus	Geophaps
Espécies	Geophaps scripta

Distribution

Squatter Pigeon has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Presente Not recorded