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Superb Fruit Dove |
Sightings
This bird appeared at our place, 20 km south of Narrabri, New South Wales, only once (around March 2005), when the (bad) photo below was made.
It is a pigeon or dove, grey front and head, dark-green wings with dark-grey and yellow pattern, yellow tail tips and undertail. The next morning it turned up dead near the house, killed most likely by a feral cat. We think that it must have been a female Superb Fruit Dove that made it over the eastern range from the coastline of Queensland or northern New South Wales.
Photos
Quick shot of a female Superb Fruit Dove(?) sighted south of Narrabri (click on image for larger version)