Wonga Pigeon
Leucosarcia melanoleuca(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Wonga Pigeon
The Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca) 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 (central eastern Queensland southward to eastern Victoria)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leucosarcia melanoleuca
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wonga Pigeon
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba melanoleuca
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Port Jackson, New South Wales.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.lix
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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