Geophaps scripta

Partridge Pigeon, Partridge bronzewing, Squatter pigeon.

Keeping category: Exempt

No permit or conditions are required for keeping. There may be other requirements under BAMA such as those required for entry of livestock, pigeons and doves, or waybill requirements for stock movement. An organism in the exempt keeping category may also be regulated by other legislation such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WCA), administered by DPaW.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Columbiformes
Family:Columbidae
Genus:Geophaps
Species:scripta

Author(s):

Temminck, 1821