Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon
Petrophassa rufipennis
Ubirr, Kakadu, N NT MVI_3458 20180727 - chestnut quills evident
Notes: Dark sooty brown. Bright chestnut patch in outer wing.
Head, neck spotted off-white
w. bluish tinge. Chin, upper throat whitish;
blackish lores bordered grey, off-white. Juvenile
has broad buff-rufous
fringes to upperparts.
White-quilled Rock-Pigeon similar. Restricted to
sandstone escarpments
of Kakadu. Feeds on seeds and fruits on the ground; near water.
Range from Morcombe©
Koolpin Gorge, Kakadu NP, NT IMG_7549 20160723
Koolpin Gorge, Kakadu NP, NT IMG_7569 20160723
Koolpin Gorge, Kakadu NP, NT IMG_7659 20160723 - bright chestnut patches in outer wings
Ubirr, Kakadu, N NT IMG_3450 20180727
Koolpin Gorge, Kakadu, N NT MVI_2861 20180723
Ubirr, Kakadu, N NT IMG_3414 20180727 - young: retained rufous fringes to upperparts
Ubirr, Kakadu, N NT MVI_3444+3447 20180727
Koolpin Gorge, Kakadu, N NT MVI_2896 20180723 - chestnut quills evident
Koolpin Gorge, Kakadu, N NT MVI_2835+2813 20180723