Common Name
Crested Pigeon
Alternate name
Eastern Crested Pigeon
Comment
Very common, widespread and increasing; not indigenous.
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Historical abundance
Increasing
Local distribution
Prefers lightly wooded well-watered country. Also common in towns or modified areas. Avoids dense forests and areas without water
Known location
Nerang, Eagleby, Bethania, Pimpama, Worongary, Hope Island, Tallebudgera, Carbrook, Tallebudgera Cre
Other locality
Very common, widespread, and increasing in cleared habitats. An inland bird, not indigenous to the Gold Coast, that has spread east following forest clearing.
General ecology
Open woodland, grassland, lawns.
Habitat comment
May be displacing the bar-shouldered dove.
