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CAVS: 8821

Subspecies Spilopelia chinensis chinensis (Scopoli, 1786)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

E China; introduced; in major cities and adjacent rural areas of south-west, south and east coasts between Perth, WA and about Townsville-Innisfail, QLD, also E TAS, Kalgoorlie, WA, and many country towns and surrounding farmland between Warrnambool-Geelong, VIC, and Townsville-Cairns, QLD, and along Murray River valley to the South-East and gulfs of SA—also erratically Lord Howe Is. (subsp.?). Intergrades with S. c. tigrina (Temminck, 1809) throughout Australian range, least in Melbourne (27% phenotypically pure) and most in Perth and along central east coast.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Aerial, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, nomadic, peridomestic, resident, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Opportunistic breeder, gardens and farms, nests in trees and shrubs.

 

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)
10-Nov-2020 AVES 06-Oct-2020 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)