Barred Cuckoo-Dove
Photo © Sevin Dee
Photo © Sevin Dee — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #180063154The barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. == Taxonomy == German herpetologist Johann Georg Wagler first described the barred cuckoo-dove in 1827. It has three recognized subspecies: M. u. tusalia (Blyth, 1843) M. u. minor (Swinhoe, 1870) M. u. unchall (Wagler, 1827) == Description == The barred cuckoo-dove has a buff coloured throat and forehead which becomes pinkish grey at the crown. measures 37 to 41 cm (15 to 16 in) in length, and weighs 153 to 182 g (5.4 to 6.4 oz). Its iris is yellow or pale brown, the beak is black and short, and the feet are red. It has blackish brown upperparts. The back, mantle (between the nape and the starting of the back), rump, wing coverts, and scapulars have reddish brown fringes. The tail is blackish brown, and is heavily barred reddish brown. It is similar to the little cuckoo-dove, but it is much larger and darker, and is black-barred on the mantle, breast, coverts, and tail. == Distribution and habitat == The barred cuckoo-dove occurs from the Himalayas to Southeast…
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+364 birds+14 mammals
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+228 birds+16 mammals
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+155 birds+14 mammals
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+443 birds+13 mammals
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