White-quilled rock pigeon

White-quilled rock pigeon
White-quilled Rock Pigeon at Wyndham, Western Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Petrophassa
Species:
P. albipennis
Binomial name
Petrophassa albipennis
Gould, 1841

The white-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) is a dark brown rock pigeon with a white patch on its wing.[2] It has distinctive pale lines across its face curving above and below its eye.[3] It is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a rock dweller found roosting on sandstone cliffs and towers in the Kimberley, WA and east of the Victoria River, NT.[4][3] It is endemic to Australia.[5]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Petrophassa albipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690695A93284059. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690695A93284059.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Slater, Peter; Slater, Pat; Slater, Raoul (2009). The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds (2nd ed.). London, Sydney, Auckland: Reed New Holland. pp. 210–211. ISBN 9781877069635.
  3. ^ a b Menkhorst, Peter; Rogers, Danny; Clarke, Rohan; Davies, Jeff; Marsack, Peter; Franklin, Kim (2017). The Australian Bird Guide. Clayton, Vic: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 296–297. ISBN 978-0643097544.
  4. ^ "White-quilled Rock-Pigeon - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  5. ^ Atlas of Living Australia. "Species: Petrophassa albipennis (White-Quilled Rock-Pigeon)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2020-04-07.