Crested pigeon: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the crested pigeon lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ocyphaps lophotes
Group	Pigeons & doves
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Columbiformes
Family	Columbidae

Where does the crested pigeon live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the crested pigeon in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the crested pigeon endangered?

The crested pigeon’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the crested pigeon?

The crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is a bird in the order Columbiformes and the family Columbidae, genus Ocyphaps. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the crested pigeon

The crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the far northern tropical areas. Only two Australian pigeon species possess an erect crest, the crested pigeon and the spinifex pigeon. The crested pigeon is the larger of the two species. The crested pigeon is sometimes referred to as a topknot pigeon, a common name shared with the reddish crested Lopholaimus antarcticus of Eastern Australia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Crested pigeon (revision 1364543468), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q167857 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).