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Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)

Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)

About Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Doves and Pigeons
  • Family: Pigeons and Doves

The brown cuckoo-dove is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba. It is sometimes called the "brown pigeon" or "pheasant pigeon", but both terms are best avoided, as they can lead to confusion with the brown doves and the true pheasant pigeon. It was one of three new species defined when the slender-billed cuckoo-dove was split in 2016.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Visits

  • 2012-11-07

    Cattana Wetlands, Australia
  • 2012-11-09

    Mount Lewis, Australia
    Image from 2012-11-09
  • 2012-11-14

    Possum Valley, Australia
  • 2012-11-22

    Morton National Park, Australia