Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Nautilus Building, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_7692 20200628 - tigrina white ventral area & undertail coverts, black shaftstreaks on upperparts.
Notes: Long-tailed buff brown w. white-spotted
broad black neck patch. Two ssp in Australia.
Ssp tigrina (from S Asia) predominant in N Aust,
has black shaft streaks on upper parts, white
undertail coverts.
Ssp chinensis (from E Asia) predominant in S of Aust. has grey undertail
coverts, less distinct black shaft streaks.
Coos loudly and often: coo-a-roooo. In populated areas.
Range from eBird©(last 10 years)
Black Rock, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_1735 20171224 - chinensis pale shaft streaks on upperparts, pale grey undertail coverts.CLICK for another pic.
Black Rock, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_6563 20210325 - likely tigrina CLICK for a pic of one.
Edithvale, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_4827 20200114 - chinensis
Lake Street, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_9072 20200720 - tigrina
Nautilus Building, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_2077 20201121 - older juvenile: neck patch not obvious, breast would begrey for younger.
Karkarook, Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_1397 20171111 - younger juvenile
Yarrabah, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_0502 20191019 - tigrina
Foreshore, Black Rock, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_6547 20210325 - chinensis
Cairns North FNE Qld IMG_9728 20200512 - tigrina