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| − | + | [[Image:Dusky_Cuckoo_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''timorlaoensis''<br />Photo by {{user|mehdhalaouate|mehdhalaouate}}<br />Yamdena island, the Tanimbars, [[Indonesia]], August 2006]] | |
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;[[:Category:Macropygia|Macropygia]] magna | ;[[:Category:Macropygia|Macropygia]] magna | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Smaller than [[Brown Cuckoo-Dove]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Indonesia]] and [[Timor | + | Southeast [[Asia]]: found in [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Sulawesi]], [[Lesser Sundas]], [[West Timor]], [[Moluccas]], [[Tanimbar Islands]] and [[East Timor]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | There are 4 subspecies. | + | [[Image:Cuckoo dusky dove filtered-1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''magna''<br />Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Soe, [[West Timor]], [[Indonesia]], July 2009]] |
| + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
| + | There are 4 subspecies: | ||
| + | *''M. m. macassariensis'': | ||
| + | :*South-western [[Sulawesi]], Tanakeke and Salayar islands | ||
| + | *''M. m. longa'': | ||
| + | :*Eastern [[Lesser Sundas]] (Tanahjampea and Kalatoa) | ||
| + | *''M. m. magna'': | ||
| + | :*[[Timor]], Wetar and adjacent eastern Lesser Sundas | ||
| + | *''M. m. timorlaoensis'': | ||
| + | :*Tanimbar Islands (Yamdena, Larat and Selaru) | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | A shy bird. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | Wikipedia | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase |
| + | #Wikipedia | ||
| + | #BF Member observations | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Macropygia+magna}} | {{GSearch|Macropygia+magna}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=2787&Bird_Image_ID=21051&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=2787&Bird_Image_ID=21051&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Macropygia]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Macropygia]] | ||
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- Macropygia magna
Identification
Smaller than Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Distribution
Southeast Asia: found in Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, West Timor, Moluccas, Tanimbar Islands and East Timor.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 4 subspecies:
- M. m. macassariensis:
- South-western Sulawesi, Tanakeke and Salayar islands
- M. m. longa:
- Eastern Lesser Sundas (Tanahjampea and Kalatoa)
- M. m. magna:
- Timor, Wetar and adjacent eastern Lesser Sundas
- M. m. timorlaoensis:
- Tanimbar Islands (Yamdena, Larat and Selaru)
Habitat
Behaviour
A shy bird.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Dusky Cuckoo-Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dusky_Cuckoo-Dove
