Topknot Pigeon
Lopholaimus antarcticus(Shaw, G, 1793)
English (US) Topknot Pigeon
The Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) 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: coastal eastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland southward to eastern Victoria)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Topknot Pigeon
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1793)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba Antarctica
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1793)
- Type locality
- No locality = New South Wales.
- Original description
- Zoology of New Holland 1 p.15 pl.5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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