Talk:Crested pigeon

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The Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the tropical northern areas. It is larger than the Spinifex Pigeon, the other Australian pigeon with an erect crest. The Crested Pigeon grows 30–34 cm (12–13 in) long and is coloured grey with tinges of brown, with striped wings that are bronzed.Photo: Benjamint444

Name

They are commonly misidentified as the Topknot Pigeon.

That uncited statement seems highly unlikely.

To the contrary, the common name for this bird is the "top-notch pigeon", which I presume some prescriptivist has misheard and erroneously confused for a misidentification.

I'm not sure the best way to cite common names, so how about [1]. (A misidentification implies that, when presented with a specimen, a person could be confused as to which of those two species it belonged to. That's hardly going to be the case here, even more so because the most distinctive and obvious feature of the topnotch is its take off sound which I presume the topknot does not share - in addition to looking completely different, one would sooner confuse it for a crowned pigion or something. It would not be a misidentification for two different animals in two different regions to have names that happen to be the same.) Cesiumfrog (talk) 23:29, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Inconsistency in text

I find it hard to reconcile the statements in this portion of the text:

They are generally solitary. Although they can be seen in pairs, they can be highly social and tend to be seen in packs.

If they are generally solitary, how can they tend to be seen in packs? Certainly they are pretty common birds around us on Sydney's Upper North Shore, often in small groups of 3 or 4 foraging in open areas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeeDee (talk • contribs) 03:30, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

• • The article claims both in the same section; gregarious, from grex, "flock", sgnifies "flocking together"..Wetman (talk) 13:14, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Crested pigeon

So you're one of these alleged experts who doesn't believe a localised name for a bird unless you already know about it? Cjmerrett (talk) 06:03, 17 October 2018 (UTC)