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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 | + | *38.5 cm |
| + | *Body dark bluish-slate, head and underparts rather paler | ||
| + | *Long wings and tail almost black | ||
| + | *Greenish iridescence on crown, nape, neck, breast and upper mantle | ||
| + | *Yellow orbital skin. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Revision as of 00:20, 1 March 2009
Alternative name: Slaty Cuckoo-Dove
- Turacoena modesta
Identification
- 38.5 cm
- Body dark bluish-slate, head and underparts rather paler
- Long wings and tail almost black
- 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.
