white-headed pigeon (Columba leucomela) Description
Leucomelaena norfolciensis = Columba norfolciensis = Columba leucomela
Date 1857
Source Bonaparte, CL (1857) Iconographie des Pigeons
Author Charles Lucian Bonaparte (May 24, 1803 – July 29, 1857) (book author), P. Bertrand (Paul Bertrand, 1879 – 1944) (lithograph)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeucomelaenaNorfolciensisBonaparte.jpg
The white-headed pigeon (Columba leucomela) is a pigeon native to the east coast of Australia, belonging to the same genus as the domestic pigeon Columba livia. The pigeon's habitat is from Cooktown, Queensland to southern New South Wales. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Columba, Species: Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821.
