Spinifex Pigeon (7/10)

COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Geophaps plumifera  

Although these birds are strikingly colourful they really do blend in well in the rock face. In the distance they are almost impossible to see.

When a raptor flew overhead they froze, which would have made it very difficult for the Eagle to see them, even though they were out in the open!