Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Australian pigeons and doves in aviculture Order COLUMBIFORMES Family COLUMBIDAE Subfamily COLUMBINAE Tribe COLUMBINI Leach Genus Columba Linnaeus Subgenus Columba Linnaeus FERAL PIGEON Columba livia Gmelin Subgenus Janthoenas Reichenbach WHITE-HEADED PIGEON Columba leucomela Temminck WHITE-THROATED PIGEON Columba vitiensis Quoy and Gaimard Genus Streptopelia Bonaparte Subgenus Spilopelia Sundevall SPOTTED TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia chinensis (Scopoli) LAUGHING TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus) Subgenus Streptopelia Linnaeu BARBARY TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia roseogrisea (Sundevall) Tribe MACROPYGIINI Bonaparte Genus Macropygia Swainson BROWN CUCKOO-DOVE Macropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus) Subfamily RAPHINAE Tribe TURTURINI GR Gray Genus Chalcophaps Gould EMERALD DOVE Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus) Tribe PHABINI Bonaparte Genus Alopecoenas Sharpe Subgenus Terricolumba Hachisuka NORFOLK ISLAND GROUND DOVE Alopecoenas norfolkensis sp. nov. Genus Leucosarcia Gould WONGA PIGEON Leucosarcia melanoleuca (Latham) Genus Phaps Selby Subgenus Phaps Selby COMMON BRONZEWING Phaps chalcoptera (Latham) BRUSH BRONZEWING Phaps elegans (Temminck) Subgenus Histriophaps Salvadori FLOCK BRONZEWING Phaps histrionica (Gould) Genus Ocyphaps G R Gray CRESTED BRONZEWING Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck) Genus Geophaps GR Gray Subgenus Lophophaps Reichenbach SPINIFEX PIGEON Geophaps plumifera Gould Subgenus Geophaps GR Gray SQUATTER PIGEON Geophaps scripta (Temminck) PARTRIDGE PIGEON Geophaps smithii (Jardine and Selby) Genus Petrophassa Gould WHITE-QUILLED ROCK PIGEON Geophaps smithii (Jardine and Selby) CHESTNUT-QUILLED ROCK PIGEON Petrophassa rufipennis Collett Genus Geopelia Swainson DIAMOND DOVE Geopelia cuneata (Latham) PEACEFUL DOVE Geopelia placida Gould BAR-SHOULDERED DOVE Geopelia humeralis (Temminck) Tribe PTILINOPODINI Selby Genus Ducula Hodgson Subgenus Ducula Hodgson CHRISTMAS ISLAND IMPERIAL PIGEON Ducula whartoni (Sharpe) COLLARED IMPERIAL PIGEON Ducula mullerii (Temminck) Subgenus Myristicivora Reichenbach PIED IMPERIAL PIGEON Ducula bicolor (Scopoli) Genus Megaloprepia Reichenbach WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE Megaloprepia magnifica (Temminck) Genus Ptilinopus Swainson Subgenus Leucotreron Bonaparte BANDED FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus cinctus (Temminck) Subgenus Lamprotreron Bonaparte SUPERB FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus superbus (Temminck) Subgenus Sylphitreron Bonaparte ORANGE-BELLIED FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus iozonus (GR Gray) Subgenus Ptilinopus Swainson ROSE-CROWNED FRUIT-DOVE Ptilinopus regina Swainson Genus Lopholaimus Gould TOPKNOT PIGEON Lopholaimus antarcticus (Shaw) Genus Hemiphaga Bonaparte NORFOLK ISLAND PIGEON Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Gmelin) References Appendix: Vagrants RED TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann) ORIENTAL TURTLEDOVE Streptopelia orientalis (Latham) NICOBAR PIGEON Caloenas nicobarica (Linnaeus) ELEGANT IMPERIAL PIGEON Ducula concinna (Wallace) WALLACE'S FRUIT DOVE Ptilinopus wallacii (GR Gray) Gazetteer Locality map of Australia Index.