spinifex pigeon

Geophaps plumifera

Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_7300 20180814 - plumifera

Notes: Distinctively rufous-brown w. thin black bars on the wings & back. Bold facial markings.
Nominate plumifera orange iris; a narrow grey-&-black band below white breast-band; broad
white belly patch. Ssp leucogaster like nominate; extensive white on lower breast w. upperparts
paler brown. Ssp ferruginea rufous bellied: only a narrow band of barred feathers on breast; red
iris & orbital skin. In arid, rocky ranges w. surface water, spinifex. Feeds exclusively on ground.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart©