Bar-shouldered dove
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| Bar-shouldered dove | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Geopelia |
| Species: | G. humeralis
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| Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821)
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| Australian distribution[2] | |
The bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) is a species of
pigeon
varying in size from 26–30 cm (10–12 in). Its voice is a distinctive and melodious "cook-a-wook" or "coolicoo".
Description
The dove has a blue-grey breast with chequered brown-bronze
spotted turtle dove. The eye ring tends to be grey but red-brown when breeding. The juveniles
are duller in colour.
Doves are often found in pairs, groups or large loose flocks and are seen commonly feeding on the ground feeding on seeds. Flight is direct and swift and wings whistle while the birds are in flight.
Habitat
Bar-shouldered doves are usually found in thick vegetation where water is present, damp gullies,
Pacific region, such as Papua New Guinea
.
Breeding
Breeding season is from September to January in the south and February to April in the north. Its
eggs
.
Parasites
A bar-shouldered dove was found to be infected by Toxoplasma gondii, the agent of toxoplasmosis, in a French zoo.[3]
References
- Pizzey and Knight. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-19691-5.
- Trounsen and Trounsen. Australian Birds: A Concise Photographic Field Guide. Cameron House. ISBN 1-875999-47-7.
External links
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