as part of an Endangered Animals of the World project
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Western Partridge Pigeon
Drawn by Tom M. 5G
Common Name :
Western Partridge Pigeon
Scientific Name :
Petrophassa smithii blaauwi
Habitat :
Near waterholes in tropical savannah woodland with good layers of leaf litter in the north-west of Western Australia.
Diet :
Eats mainly the seeds of grasses and some herbs that grow close to waterholes.
Size :
It is around 250mm.
Danger :
Cattle and feral pigs use the waterholes, trample down the grass, eating the vegetation and polluting the water.
Researched by :
Tom M. and Manish 5/6G
Reference:
CD called "Wildinfo Australia"
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Australian Endangered, Vulnerable and Extinct Fauna.
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