Pigeons and doves in Australia / Joseph M. Forshaw ; illustrations by William T. Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forshaw, Joseph M., author.

Contributor:

Cooper, William T., illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pigeons--Australia--Identification.

Pigeons.

Pigeons--Australia--Pictorial works.

Columbidae--Australia--Pictorial works.

Columbidae.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Possibly the most successful urban birds, pigeons and doves in the Order Columbiformes are one of the most easily recognised groups. They are an ancient and very successful group with an almost worldwide distribution and are most strongly represented in tropical and subtropical regions, including Australia. In most species simple plumage patterns feature mainly grey and brown with black, white or dull reddish markings, but the highly colourful fruit-doves include some of the most beautiful of all birds.From dense rainforests of north Queensland, where brilliantly plumaged Superb Fruit-Doves Pt

Contents:

Cover; Foreword; Subgenus Spilopelia Sundevall; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Australian pigeons and doves in aviculture; Order COLUMBIFORMES; Family COLUMBIDAE; Subfamily COLUMBINAE; Tribe COLUMBINI Leach; Genus Columba Linnaeus; Subgenus Columba Linnaeus; FERAL PIGEON Columba livia Gmelin; Subgenus Janthoenas Reichenbach; WHITE-HEADED PIGEON Columba leucomela Temminck; WHITE-THROATED PIGEON Columba vitiensis Quoy and Gaimard; Genus Streptopelia Bonaparte; SPOTTED TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia chinensis (Scopoli); LAUGHING TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus)

Subgenus Streptopelia LinnaeusBARBARY TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia roseogrisea (Sundevall); Tribe MACROPYGIINI Bonaparte; Genus Macropygia Swainson; BROWN CUCKOO-DOVE Macropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus); Subfamily RAPHINAE; Tribe TURTURINI G. R. Gray; Genus Chalcophaps Gould .; EMERALD DOVE Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus); Tribe PHABINI Bonaparte; Genus Alopecoenas Sharpe; Subgenus Terricolumba Hachisuka; NORFOLK ISLAND GROUND-DOVE Alopecoenas norfolkensis sp. nov.; Genus Leucosarcia Gould; WONGA PIGEON Leucosarcia melanoleuca (Latham); Genus Phaps Selby; Subgenus Phaps Selby

COMMON BRONZEWING Phaps chalcoptera (Latham)BRUSH BRONZEWING Phaps elegans (Temminck); Subgenus Histriophaps Salvadori; FLOCK BRONZEWING Phaps histrionica (Gould); Genus Ocyphaps G. R. Gray; CRESTED BRONZEWING Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck); Genus Geophaps G. R. Gray; Subgenus Lophophaps Reichenbach; SPINIFEX PIGEON Geophaps plumifera Gould; Subgenus Geophaps G. R. Gray; SQUATTER PIGEON Geophaps scripta (Temminck) .; PARTRIDGE PIGEON Geophaps smithii (Jardine and Selby); Genus Petrophassa Gould ; WHITE-QUILLED ROCK PIGEON Petrophassa albipennis Gould

CHESTNUT-QUILLED ROCK PIGEON Petrophassa rufipennis CollettGenus Geopelia Swainson; DIAMOND DOVE Geopelia cuneata (Latham); PEACEFUL DOVE Geopelia placida Gould; BAR-SHOULDERED DOVE Geopelia humeralis (Temminck) .; Tribe PTILINOPODINI Selby; Genus Ducula Hodgson; Subgenus Ducula Hodgson; CHRISTMAS ISLAND IMPERIAL PIGEON Ducula whartoni (Sharpe); COLLARED IMPERIAL PIGEON Ducula mullerii (Temminck); Subgenus Myristicivora Reichenbach; PIED IMPERIAL PIGEON Ducula bicolor (Scopoli); Genus Megaloprepia Reichenbach; WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE Megaloprepia magnifica (Temminck); Genus Ptilinopus Swainson

Subgenus Leucotreron BonaparteBANDED FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus cinctus (Temminck); Subgenus Lamprotreron Bonaparte; SUPERB FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus superbus (Temminck); Subgenus Sylphitreron Bonaparte; ORANGE-BELLIED FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus iozonus (G. R. Gray); Subgenus Ptilinopus Swainson; ROSE-CROWNED FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus regina Swainson; Genus Lopholaimus Gould; TOPKNOT PIGEON Lopholaimus antarcticus (Shaw); Genus Hemiphaga Bonaparte; NORFOLK ISLAND PIGEON Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Gmelin); Appendix: vagrants; RED TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann)

ORIENTAL TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia orientalis (Latham)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 28, 2015).

ISBN:

9781486304059

1486304052

9781486304042

1486304044