Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Macropygia phasianella
Mt Tambourine, SE Qld IMG_1957 20220316 - phasianella male: green irridescence on head & neck. CLICK for another view.
Notes: Uniformly brown plumage. Male: head, neck w. mauve
& green irridescence; dark sub-
terminal bar on outer tail feathers.
Female: brighter chestnut crown, dark fringing to breast, neck.
Three ssp
in Aust., apparently differing by call. Feeds on fruits & seeds of rainforest
trees, shrubs.
Range from Pizzey & Knight©(modified)
Moore Park Nature Reserve, Old Grevillea, NE NSW IMG_5010 20220615 - phasianella female
Mt Tambourine, SE Qld IMG_5357 20180613 - phasianella female
Greenhoose, Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, FN Qld IMG_3005 20191218 - quinkan
Lake Tinaroo, FN Qld IMG_8968 20180318 - robinsoni male: green irridescence on head & neck. CLICK pic for frontal view.
Big Crystal Creek, S of Ingham, FN Qld IMG_2102 20180511 - robinsoni female
Hasties Swamp NP, Atherton, FNE Qld IMG_0964 20201101 - robinsoni on nest. CLICK for another view.
Mt Lewis, Julatten, FN Qld IMG_8533, 8533 20180315 - robinsoni juvenile: blackish barring on breast, neck & back.CLICK for another.
Mount Glorious, SE Qld IMG_3170 20220326 - phasianella
Hasty's Swamp NP, Tablelands, FN Qld MVI_5440+5470 20190906 - robinsoni
Barrine Lake, Crater Lakes NP, FN Qld MVI_7308 20161001 - robinsoni mating