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WHITE-HEADED PIGEON FACTS |
Description
The White-headed Pigeon has a white head and breast with dark back and tail
Size
40cm
Habitat
rainforest and secondary growth in cleared areas.
Food
seeds, fruit, berries, small insects
Breeding
sparse platform of twigs high in rainforest canopy. 1 white egg.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Columbiformes | | Family: | Columbidae | | Genus: | Columba | | Species: | leucomela | | Common Name: | White-headed Pigeon |
Relatives in same Genus
Domestic Pigeon (C. livia)
Metallic Pigeon (C. vitiensis)
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