---
title: "Knoedelduif"
description: "Lopholaimus antarcticus — Vogels. The topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) is a pigeon native to eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/topknot-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Knoedelduif

> Lopholaimus antarcticus — Vogels. The topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) is a pigeon native to eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Lopholaimus antarcticus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1839
- Wikidata: [Q1071722](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071722)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3658](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3658)

## Names

- en: Topknot Pigeon
- de: Haubenfruchttaube
- es: Paloma Bicrestada
- fr: Carpophage à double huppe
- nl: Knoedelduif
- pl: Siwiec

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1763)

## Summary

The topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) is a pigeon native to eastern Australia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Vale Jenny Conolly · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144134632

## Machine access

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