Diamond Dove from Harold Stiver on Vimeo.
Due to its isolation, Australia has a unique fauna, including a huge number of endemic species. It has some of the most wonderful species of doves, and I would like to show you a few. The video shows the exquisite Diamond Dove, Geopelia cuneata, with its reddish-orange eye orbit.
Following are more of these beauties in strange colors and shapes.
 Top-Knot Pigeon, Art by Elizabeth Gould (Public Domain) |
 Bar-shouldered Dove, Creative Commons License |
 Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata |
 Common Bronzewing,Creative Commons License |
 Emerald Dove, Chalcophaps indica |
 Brush Bronzewing, Creative Commons License |
 Crested Pigeon, Geophaps lophotes |
 Wonga Pigeon, Creative Commons License |
 Wompo Fruit-Dove, Ptilinopus magnificus |
 Spinifex Pigeon, Creative Commons License |
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