Geopelia humeralis
(Bar-shouldered Dove)
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FAMILY |
Columbidae |
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Species |
Geopelia humeralis |
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Common name |
Bar-shouldered Dove |
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Main colour(s) |
Dull brown barred black |
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Distinctive feature |
Back brown with bars, head bluish, body 26.5-30 cm |
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Campus |
Townsville |
Description
This dove is chiefly found in some of the wooded areas on the margins of the campus. Upper parts dull brown with black bars, hind neck is coppery but nape and head are blue-grey, underparts light brown. Legs and feet pink, eyes pinkish surrounded by pale purplish skin sometimes brownish, bill brown to blue-grey.