Alternative name: Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove
- Macropygia nigrirostris
Identification
29–30 cm (11½-11¾ in)
- Chestnut-red overall plumage
- Paler underparts
- Wings
- Darker
- Brownish-black outer primaries and secondaries with rufous edges
Distribution
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Bismarck Archaepelago and D'Entrecasteaux Archaepelago.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and montanes to 2,600 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of tree fruit and seeds. There is little more information available.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-billed_Cuckoo-Dove
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
