Wonga Pigeons can be identified easy due to their physical characteristics. They can grow from 36-40 cm in length. The color of their body is mainly slate grey with white features here and there. The lower breast and belly are white with black spots. Male and female look similar.
Juveniles resemble adults, but lack the white forehead and are generally duller.
Features that make the Wonga Pigeon uniquely recognizable are their grey color and the distinctive white V shaped markings on the chest. Their distribution ranges down the coast from North Queensland, to the area surrounding Melbourne, Victoria. They are mainly found on the coast, but sometime extend inland. Wonga Pigeons are absent from higher elevations. It frequents a wide variety of habitats including tropical and temperate rainforest, drier scrubs and open forest.