CHESTNUT-QUILLED ROCK-PIGEON

Photographed in Kakadu National Park, May 2016

775         CHESTNUT-QUILLED ROCK-PIGEON           Petrophassa rufippennis

Australia             (619)

Found on sandstone escarpments, with gullies, gorges, tumbled rocks; eucalyptus, figs, other softwoods, pockets of rainforest; nearby grassy woodlands. 28-32 cm. Range: west Arnham Land (NT), from c. Oenpelli s. to Katherine R., mostly in Kakadu NP. Locally common; sedentary.

Note: clear views of two birds but these were the only photographs Until replaced.