Topknot Pigeon (14/16)

COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Lopholaimus antarcticus  

Topknot Pigeons were once considered very common with feeding congregations of 20,000 birds being reported. The clearing of rainforest has greatly reduced their numbers.*

*Boles, Walter E; Edden, Robert (1990). Birds of Australian Rainforests. The Currawong Press, p.39.