White-quilled Rock Pigeon
Petrophassa albipennis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The white-quilled rock pigeon is a dark brown rock pigeon with a white patch on its wing. It has distinctive pale lines across its face curving above and below its eye. It is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a rock dweller found roosting on sandstone cliffs and towers in the Kimberley, WA and east of the Victoria River, NT. It is endemic to Australia.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Petrophassa