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