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title: "Wonga Pigeon"
description: "Leucosarcia melanoleuca — Uccelli. The wonga pigeon or wonga wonga (Leucosarcia melanoleuca) is a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/wonga-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wonga Pigeon

> Leucosarcia melanoleuca — Uccelli. The wonga pigeon or wonga wonga (Leucosarcia melanoleuca) is a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.

- Scientific name: *Leucosarcia melanoleuca*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2839
- Wikidata: [Q221071](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221071)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3677](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3677)

## Names

- en: Wonga Pigeon
- de: Wongataube
- es: Paloma Wonga
- fr: Colombine wonga
- nl: Wongaduif
- pt: Pombinha-de-wonga
- pl: Wonga

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2643)

## Summary

The wonga pigeon or wonga wonga (Leucosarcia melanoleuca) is a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonga_pigeon

## Photo

![Wonga Pigeon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wonga-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127369787

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wonga-pigeon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).