Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Least Concern
Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
Taxonomy
French: Carpophage à double huppe German: Haubenfruchttaube Spanish: Paloma bicrestada
Taxonomy:
Columba Antarctica
Shaw
, 1793,New South Wales, Australia
.Distribution:
E Australia from Cape York (Queensland) S in coastal lowlands and adjacent highlands and plateaux to S New South Wales. Vagrant farther S (Victoria and Tasmania).
Descriptive notes
40–45 cm; 475–600 g. A large pigeon with a broad, rather long tail; feathers of forecrown elongated, forming distinctive forecrest curling up from bill and swept... read more
Voice
Not very vocal. Utters short, guttural, low-pitched croaks either singly or in irregular series,... read more
Habitat
Rain forest in tropical, subtropical and temperate zone; closed, wet sclerophyll forest; sometimes... read more
Food and feeding
Frugivorous, feeding on a variety of fruits and berries 5–25 mm in diameter. Important food plant families include Arecaceae,... read more
Breeding
Appears to peak in local spring and early summer, but may occur over a long period; nests with eggs in Jun, Aug, Oct, Nov and Dec. Solitary... read more
Movements
A nomadic, flocking species that moves over great distances in response to food availability; local... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Numbers of present species much reduced due to habitat destruction and hunting; protection of remaining rain-forest habitat across the range of this... read more
Proposed race minor from N of range (CE Queensland) appears untenable. Monotypic.