topknot pigeon

English

a topknot pigeon

Noun

topknot pigeon (plural topknot pigeons)

1. A large pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus, native to eastern Australia.
2. (colloquial) A medium-sized pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes, of Australia, having a pointed crest.
   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 52:

     A top-knot pigeon (Crested Pigeon), safe in its tangle of mimosa, breathes its little call of warning: `F'uff!'

Synonyms

• flock pigeon

See also

• crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
• spinifex pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)

References

• topknot pigeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lopholaimus antarcticus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lopholaimus antarcticus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons