Steve Hitchcock
Wonga Pigeon - Leucosarcia picata. Male
The Wonga Pigeon is found along the east coast of Australia, from south-eastern Queensland to Gippsland, Victoria.
The Wonga Pigeon is found in dense coastal forests, rainforests and scrubs. It is often seen in clearings near forests.
The Wonga Pigeon feeds on seeds of native and introduced plants as well as fallen fruit and the occasional insect. It forages exclusively on the ground.
Populations of Wonga Pigeons have suffered from land-clearing, fox predation and, during the 1940s, from shooting to protect crops or for the table, although numbers in many areas have now recovered. Wonga Pigeons feeds on seeds of native and introduced plants as well as fallen fruit.
Photographed Maleny, Queensland, Australia.
Steve Hitchcock © All rights reserved
Wonga Pigeon - Leucosarcia picata. Male
The Wonga Pigeon is found along the east coast of Australia, from south-eastern Queensland to Gippsland, Victoria.
The Wonga Pigeon is found in dense coastal forests, rainforests and scrubs. It is often seen in clearings near forests.
The Wonga Pigeon feeds on seeds of native and introduced plants as well as fallen fruit and the occasional insect. It forages exclusively on the ground.
Populations of Wonga Pigeons have suffered from land-clearing, fox predation and, during the 1940s, from shooting to protect crops or for the table, although numbers in many areas have now recovered. Wonga Pigeons feeds on seeds of native and introduced plants as well as fallen fruit.
Photographed Maleny, Queensland, Australia.
Steve Hitchcock © All rights reserved