COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Geopelia cuneata  

Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
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© Vik Dunis 2009
Diamantina National Park, QLD (Sep, 2009)

The Diamond Dove is Australia's smallest pigeon and feeds entirely on the ground*.

This one is feeding by the road on Springvale Station leading into Diamantina National Park.

*Australian Birds Simply Classified, Donald and Molly Trounson, 4th Ed 2001, p44.

Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)

Diamond Dove

Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)

Diamond Dove

Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)

Diamond Dove

Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)

Diamond Dove

Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)

Diamond Dove