Rock Dove

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Cairns Esplanade, FN Qld IMG_0609 20190418 - like phenotype. CLICK for another 20200329.

Notes: Feral. Large. Pale grey overall w. two bold black wingbars; dark bluish-grey head, neck,
& chest w. glossy greenish & reddish-purple iridescence along neck & wing feathers; whitish
underwing, rump & cere. Iris orange, bluish-grey orbital ring. Juvenile: washed brown, pale iris.
Voice, a dovecot coo. Wild rock doves are sedentary, naturally granivorous.

Range from eBird^©(last 10 years)

Cairns Esplanade, FNE Qld Qld IMG_2187 20190627

Cairns Esplanade, FN Qld IMG_5670 20191113

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_9194 20230905 - flying flock of mixed types.

Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6992 20240208 - CLICK for similar, Scarborough, Moreton Bay, SE Qld 20200421

Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_6527 20221103

Cairns Esplanade, FN Qld IMG_3151 20191101

Cairns Esplanade, FN Qld IMG_7540 20190326

Scarborough, Moreton Bay, SE Qld MVI_2197 20190627

Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1822 20210515

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