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title: "Spitskuifduif"
description: "Ocyphaps lophotes — Vogels. The crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the far northern tropical areas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/crested-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spitskuifduif

> Ocyphaps lophotes — Vogels. The crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the far northern tropical areas.

- Scientific name: *Ocyphaps lophotes*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 25308
- Wikidata: [Q167857](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167857)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3681](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3681)

## Names

- en: Crested Pigeon
- de: Spitzschopftaube
- es: Paloma Bronce Crestada
- fr: Colombine longup
- nl: Spitskuifduif
- pt: Rola-de-crista
- pl: Aborygenek długoczuby

## Countries with the most observations

AU (24571)

## Summary

The crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the far northern tropical areas. Only two Australian pigeon species possess an erect crest, the crested pigeon and the spinifex pigeon. The crested pigeon is the larger of the two species. The crested pigeon is sometimes referred to as a topknot pigeon, a common name shared with the reddish crested Lopholaimus antarcticus of Eastern Australia.

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

## Photo

![Spitskuifduif](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/crested-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Claudia Schipp · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65581116

## Machine access

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