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| Photographed at Mount Malloy School, Queensland September 2015 |
665 SQUATTER PIGEON Geophaps scripta
Australia (507)
26-29 cm. Found never far from water in grassed woodlands; foothills, watercourses, river flats, grassy plains; environs of homesteads. Range: e. Q, in suitable habitat, except settled parts of coastal and higher-rainfall areas, far sw and n C. York Pen. Locally common in n.; generally uncommon and much reduced by settlement, competition from stock; predation by cats, foxes, pot-hunting. Sedentary, part-nomadic.
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