Thursday, December 10, 2015

Bar-shouldered Dove of Australia


Bar-shouldered Dove

The beautiful Bar-shouldered Dove is found in eastern and northern coastal parts of Australia where there is suitable habitat.

Their preferred habitats include vegetation near water, mangroves, tropical and sub-tropical scrubs, gullies and gorges, near swamps, plantations and gardens with plenty of trees. They are sometimes found on off-shore islands.

This is one species I have yet to see in the natural environment. The photos in today's post were taken in one of the walk-through aviaries in the world renowned Adelaide Zoo.

You can read more about Australian birds and see more photos of them on another site I write for called Trevor's Birding.


Bar-shouldered Dove

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