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'''Alternative name: Slaty Cuckoo-Dove''' | '''Alternative name: Slaty Cuckoo-Dove''' | ||
;[[:Category:Turacoena|Turacoena]] modesta | ;[[:Category:Turacoena|Turacoena]] modesta | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 38.5 cm. Dark bluish-slate, paler on head and underparts, almost black on long wings and tail, greenish iridescence on crown, nape, neck, breast and upper mantle. Yellow orbital skin. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Timor-Leste]], [[Indonesia]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Monotypic. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Primary and tall secondary monsoon-forest, vine thickets, thickly vegetated gullies and eucalyptus woodland with dense understorey, from sea-level to 1,770 m. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes fruit. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Turacoena+modesta}} | {{GSearch|Turacoena+modesta}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=678&Bird_Image_ID=3321&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=678&Bird_Image_ID=3321&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Turacoena]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Turacoena]] | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 29 October 2008
Alternative name: Slaty Cuckoo-Dove
- Turacoena modesta
Identification
38.5 cm. Dark bluish-slate, paler on head and underparts, almost black on long wings and tail, greenish iridescence on crown, nape, neck, breast and upper mantle. Yellow orbital skin.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Primary and tall secondary monsoon-forest, vine thickets, thickly vegetated gullies and eucalyptus woodland with dense understorey, from sea-level to 1,770 m.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruit.
