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Topknot Pigeon

Lopholaimus antarcticus

Classification

Class
Aves

The topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) is a pigeon native to eastern Australia. Taxonomy English naturalist George Shaw described the topknot pigeon as Columba antarctica in 1793. The topknot pigeon is sister taxon to a lineage that gave rise to the mountain pigeons (Gymnophaps) of New Guinea, the common ancestor of both diverged from a lineage that gave rise to the kererū and Chatham pigeon.

Distribution

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