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Orange bellied Fruit Dove sighting in morningside Brisbane

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Subject: Orange bellied Fruit Dove sighting in morningside Brisbane
From: "Mandarin" <>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 19:21:39 +1000
No, it is not illegal to breed exotic birds, there are just no exotic fruit 
pigeons in the country in Aviculture that I am aware of, if there are some here 
they may have been smuggled in but it is very unlikely that someone would 
bother to smuggle in doves/pigeons with a relatively small value and market 
compared to say parrots/finches for example

Regards
Steven


Orange bellied Fruit Dove sighting in morningside Brisbane
      from [Belinda Cassidy] [Permanent Link][Original]

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      Subject:  Orange bellied Fruit Dove sighting in morningside Brisbane
From:  "Belinda Cassidy" < >
Date:  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:29:43 +1000

Regarding the ID, I've done my best to investigate some the ideas that have
been offered.

I suppose I'd need to talk to a breeder of fruit doves, to see if the
immature-to-adult moult cycle can involve the juvenile's yellow belly
changing to a bright red-orange,  without the crown changing to purple until
later afterwards.
.

I had a really good look on the net for information- theres not much.
Although I found a well documented article on the wires web site about a
rescued male rose crowned fruit dove. At 1 year of age it still had a yellow
belly, and some brighter patchy purple feathers on its head. Overall, it had
the `patchy' appearance of an immature bird moulting and a noticable rose
crown.- no red yet on the belly, just yellow.

The bird we spotted was not patchy- it looked like a bird in breeding
plumage, with bright colours. It had no crown, and the belly was noticably
red-orange, not yellow.

This is the link: Any more information would be appreciated.

http://www.wiresnr.org/doveimages.html

Steven, from what you're saying it's not legal to breed exotic fruit pigeons
in Australia? What about illegal breeding?

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