BROWN CUCKOO-DOVE
BROWN CUCKOO-DOVE:
Macropygia amboinensis 40 cm
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In Australia the Brown Cuckoo-Dove is an abundant
resident of rainforests.
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It is most numerous around forest edges, where
shrubby pioneer trees provide reliable food sources.
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It eats mainly small fruits, of plants including
Bleeding Heart, Celerywood and Wild Tobacco.
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The name cuckoo-dove refers to the elegant,
long-tailed shape of this and related species.
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Brown Cuckoo-Doves are seen most days feeding on
the lower branches of trees in
the rainforest clearing at Chambers Wildlife
Rainforest Lodge .
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