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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 "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 up in 2016.

Similar species: Pigeons And Doves
Species identified by Neptune
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Uploaded Jan 24, 2021. Captured Jan 24, 2021 19:36 in 58-82 Terrace Falls Rd, Hazelbrook NSW 2779, Australia.
  • NIKON D7500
  • f/6.3
  • 1/125s
  • ISO5600
  • 300mm