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The
bar-shouldered dove
(
Geopelia humeralis
) is a species of dove, in the family
Columbidae
, native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Its typical habitat consists of areas of thick vegetation where water is present, damp gullies,
forests
and
gorges
,
mangroves
,
plantations
,
swamps
,
eucalyptus
woodland,
tropical
and sub-tropical
shrubland
, and river margins. It can be found in both inland and coastal regions. This bar-shouldered dove was photographed in
Brunkerville, New South Wales
.
Photograph credit:
John Harrison
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