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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 Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis

photographed Gillies Range Atherton Tableland Far North Queensland

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  1. Awesome how you showcase so many birds I had never even heard of! Posted 11 years ago
    1. glad to be able to share some new birds with JD australia has so many that every week i see something fly by that ive never seen before....camera in one hand and bird book in the other is a good day....cheers Posted 11 years ago

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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.

Similar species: Pigeons And Doves
Species identified by Jef braund
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By Jef braund

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Uploaded Apr 6, 2014. Captured Oct 10, 2006 11:04 in LOT 2 Boar Pocket Road, Danbulla QLD 4872, Australia.
  • SP500UZ
  • f/3.7
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO84
  • 63mm