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Spinifex pigeon habitat Ormiston Gorge, Northern Territory. The spinifex pigeon occurs throughout much of arid and semi-arid northern and central Australia. It lives in arid and semi-arid stony habitats on rocky hills and mountainous terrain, gorges, dry rocky creek beds and nearby gibber plains.
The Spinifex pigeon and crested pigeons have been recorded in versions of an Aboriginal children's story from Central Australia, conveying rich symbolic meanings between the Geophaps species and associations by the Arandic people with 'kurdaitchas' (a person who sets out to kill or harm someone, often in revenge, and who leaves no trace.
Crested pigeon and spinifex pigeon Bar-shouldered dove in Darwin, Northern Territory. 40 species recorded [26 extant native, 4 introduced, 7 vagrant, 2 extirpated native, 1 extinct native] Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. In Australian territory 41 species have been recorded ...
With the clearing of much forest and the provision of water in arid regions for cattle, crested pigeons have increased in number. The spinifex pigeon (Geophaps plumifera) is an unmistakable ground-dwelling small pigeon, reddish-bronze in colour and prominently crested, with a unique upright, military stance. When disturbed, it prefers to run ...
The crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the far northern tropical areas. Only two Australian pigeon species possess an erect crest, the crested pigeon and the spinifex pigeon. The crested pigeon is the larger of the two species.
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Spinifex pigeon, Geophaps plumifera; ... huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.
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