Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Subspecies Geophaps (Geophaps) scripta peninsulae White, 1922

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Subspecies Geophaps (Geophaps) scripta peninsulae White, 1922

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Southern and central Cape York Peninsula, north to the upper Watson-Wenlock Rivers, W and E to both coasts and south, excluding rainforest belt to the lower Norman River, middle Clara River, Gregory Range, and upper Einasleigh and Burdekin Rivers, south of which it intergrades with G. s. scripta (Temminck, 1821).


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, open forest, open scrub, sedentary, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder/opportunistic breeder, ground-feeding seed-eater, flushes explosively, flapping high and gliding away, drinks in groups, roosts in low trees or bushes, nests on ground in dry season, wanders only locally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Crome, F.H.J. 1976. Breeding, moult and food of the Squatter Pigeon in north-eastern Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 3: 45-59 (habitat, diet, moult, reproductive cycle, intergradation with G. s. scripta (Temminck, 1821))

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)