Columba leucomela
4 White-headed Pigeon at Duffy, ACT
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| Columba leucomela | natureguy | 3 Dec 2021 | |
| Columba leucomela | patrickcox | 3 Dec 2021 |
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User's notes
Landed on powerlines for 30 seconds before flying away. By amazing conicidence I was reading in the December COG Gang Gang newsletter that there had been no reports of White-headed Pigeons, and when I looked up there was one right in front of me.
2 comments
3 Dec 2021
Nice record, a rather rare visitor to the ACT, all sightings I have been aware of have been "untwitchable" since the bird is only present very briefly, so definitely a great bird to see in the ACT.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.026772-35.331646
- Places Duffy, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Dec 2021 05:00 PM Recorded on
- patrickcox Recorded by
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Species information
- Columba leucomela Scientific name
- White-headed Pigeon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vagrant native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1000.72m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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Nesting site
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Record quality
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4 / 7
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