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.
