White-headed Pigeon
Columba leucomelaTemminck, CJ, 1821
English (US) White-headed Pigeon
The White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: eastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, Queensland, to eastern Victoria)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Columba leucomela
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-headed Pigeon
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1821
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1821
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.1 p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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