Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon

Petrophassa rufipennis Collett, 1898

159 gWeight

The chestnut-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis) is a dark sooty brown pigeon with a distinctive bright chestnut patch on its wing visible in flight.

Most records: Australia

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Australia

Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon has been recorded at 1 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Kakadu National Park – Yellow WaterAustralia7 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Australia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The chestnut-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis) is a dark sooty brown pigeon with a distinctive bright chestnut patch on its wing visible in flight. It has distinctive pale lines across its face curving above and below its eye. A species of bird in the family Columbidae, it is very similar in behaviour and habitat to the white-quilled rock pigeon but it is only found on rocky escarpments in western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Questions

How big is the Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon?

The Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon weighs around 159 g.

Where does the Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: north-central Top End, northern Northern Territory (north-central Australia). It is most often recorded in Australia.