Slender-billed cuckoo-dove

Macropygia amboinensis

The slender-billed cuckoo-dove, or brown cuckoo-dove is a dove in the genus ''Macropygia''. In Australia, it is sometimes called "brown pigeon" or "pheasant pigeon", but both are best avoided, as they can lead to confusion with the brown doves and the true pheasant pigeon.
Rain- sodden Brown Cuckoo Dove Australia,Geotagged,Macropygia amboinensis,Slender-billed cuckoo-dove,Spring

Appearance

The Australia subspecies is from 40 to 43 centimetres in length, but the subspecies from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea are typically about 35–37 centimetres long.

In Australia, the feathers are a rich rusty-brown colour, and the short wings, long tail and back are darker. The males tend to have a slight rose/green colouration on their nape and neck. In Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, many subspecies have whitish underparts, fine dark barring below and/or a whitish cap.
Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis photographed Gillies Range Atherton Tableland Far North Queensland Atherton Tableland,Australia,Far North Queensland,Geotagged,Gillies Range,Macropygia amboinensis,Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Naming

The taxonomy of the slender-billed cuckoo-dove is disputed, and some authorities split it into two species: ''M. amboinensis'' of eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and ''M. phasianella'' of eastern Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba.
Brown Cuckoo-Dove - Macropygia amboinensis The Brown Cuckoo-Dove is a large brown pigeon with a very long, tapering tail. There is a pale streak below the blue-grey eye and a red eye-ring. The female has a brighter chestnut cap and a scaly pattern on the breast. This one taken in the mid Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia Australia,Blue Mountains,Brown Cuckoo-Dove,Geotagged,Macropygia amboinensis,Slender-billed cuckoo-dove,Spring

Behavior

The call of this dove is a very loud "whoop-a whoop" with some differences depending on the subspecies involved. The doves can often be seen in pairs or groups.
Brown Cuckoo-Dove - Macropygia amboinensis A very placid and not easily spooked Cuckoo Dove Australia,Brown Cuckoo-Dove,Fall,Geotagged,Macropygia amboinensis,Slender-billed cuckoo-dove,Spring

Habitat

The slender-billed cuckoo-dove inhabits rainforest, woodland, scrubland and rainforest regrowth areas.

Reproduction

Breeding occurs in spring and summer. The nest is a flat platform of sticks and vines, either in a fork of a tree or on top of a low tree. One, creamy white, egg is laid.

Food

Its diet consists of berries from both native plants and introduced weed species. They can be nomadic, depending on the supplies of food. They tend to fly short distances and low to the ground with great strength.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderColumbiformes
FamilyColumbidae
GenusMacropygia
SpeciesM. amboinensis
Photographed in
Australia