Macropygia phasianella
Brown Cuckoo-dove at Nightcap, NSW
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| Macropygia phasianella | Liam.m | 11 Jan 2025 | |
| Macropygia phasianella | Watermelontree | 6 Jan 2025 | |
| Spilopelia chinensis | CarbonAI | 6 Jan 2025 | |
| Macropygia phasianella | Watermelontree | 6 Jan 2025 |
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A large brown pigeon often found in rainforests and tall eucalypt forests of the east coast. This particular bird is seen feeding on the red fruits of the pothos vine (Pothos longipes). Along with other fruit-eating pigeons, this species is an important vector of plant seeds, helping to spread both native and weed species thought the region.
5 comments
6 Jan 2025
This is a definite brown cuckoo-dove. A comment that this could be a spotted dove is erroneous. There were at least 6 brown cuckoo-doves here (Protesters Falls) on the morning, all close at hand and calling. There can be no mistaking this species for any other in Australia.
6 Jan 2025
6 Jan 2025
I find this site somewhat infuriating. I have repeatedly typed in brown cuckoo-dove and clicked the box listing its scientific name to no avail. The first time this happened and I was unaware that this had happened it was listed as unknown. Then someone suggested spotted dove (never found inside this rainforest, only on cleared land and seldom in this neighbourhood) and that has been placed as the appellation, erroneously. So there are significant flaws in this website that endanger its credibility: it can be user unfriendly (or maybe I am flawed), it does not allow for accurate identification of species not in its database (such as Melomys cervinipes) or perhaps does not accept synonyms, and now I find the spell checker to be American, not recognising English or Australian spelling. Please fix these serious problems to prevent apoplexy and restore the site's reputation.
6 Jan 2025
Great! Now it is back to unidentified again since the erroneous spotted dove ID has been given equal credibility. Sorry to be crabby, but gee whiz!
11 Jan 2025
Hi @Watermelontree, the suggestion of Spotted Dove was made by an AI moderator which is still very much in its trial stages (especially when it comes to birds). It does not endanger the credibility of the site in any way, shape or form, as the sighting can only be confirmed by moderators like myself. As for the difficulty you have encountered adding a new species, you should always be able to suggest species that are not already in the database, which will then be approved and added by either a moderator, or one of the admins.
Location information
- Coordinates 153.310919-28.570807
- Places Nightcap, NSW
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2025 08:25 AM Recorded on
- Watermelontree Recorded by
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- Watermelontree NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Macropygia phasianella Pigeons and Doves Birds
Species information
- Macropygia phasianella Scientific name
- Brown Cuckoo-dove Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 959m Recorded at altitude
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4 / 7
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- Description
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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