WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE

Photographed at Ravensbourne National Park, Queensland August 2015.

641             WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE               Ptilinopus magnificus

Australia          (484)

Also known as Bubbly Jock or Mary, Green or King Pigeon, Magnificent Fruit-Dove, Wompoo Fruit Pigeon or Wompoo Pigeon. 35-50 cm. Found in rainforests, monsoon forests, adjacent eucalypt forest, fruiting trees on scrubby creeks or in open country. Range: coastal e. Aust. and forested coastal islands: from C. York (Q) to c. lower Hunter R. region (NSW), formerly s. to Illawarra; mostly on and e. of Divide. Fairly common in Q., scarcer in NSW.