Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon
Petrophassa rufipennis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
- GenusPetrophassa (Australian Rock Pigeons)
- SpeciesPetrophassa rufipennis (Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Nitmiluk National Park
Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia humeralis
Peaceful Dove
Geopelia placida
Crested Pigeon
Ocyphaps lophotes
Diamond Dove
Geopelia cuneata
Common Bronzewing
Phaps chalcoptera
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula spilorrhoa
Partridge Pigeon
Geophaps smithii
Spinifex Pigeon
Geophaps plumifera
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon at Nitmiluk National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |