Pigeons and Doves in Australia by Forshaw, Joseph; William T. Cooper - 2015

CSIRO, 2015. 360, col illus. 270x305mm. HB. NEW. . A highly illustrated volume depicting all thirty native species of pigeons and doves to be found in Australia.Possibly the most successful urban birds, pigeons and doves in the Order Columbiformes are one of the most easily recognised groups. They are an ancient and very successful group with an almost worldwide distribution and are most strongly represented in tropical and subtropical regions, including Australia. In most species simple plumage patterns feature mainly grey and brown with black, white or dull reddish markings, but the highly colourful fruit-doves include some of the most beautiful of all birds.From dense rainforests of north Queensland, where brilliantly plumaged Superb Fruit-Doves Ptilinopus superbus are heard more easily than seen, to cold, windswept heathlands of Tasmania, where Brush Bronzewings Phaps elegans are locally common, most regions of Australia are frequented by one or more species. For more than a century after arrival… Read More

Csiro, 2015. Hardcover. New. 332 pages. 11.25x12.25x1.00 inches.