Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia phasianella

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Macropygia
eBird Code
brcdov1

Vocalizations

Richard Shirky · CC_BY_4_0
Thomas Mesaglio · CC_BY_4_0
Martin Rady · CC_BY_4_0
murrayoke · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (3)

  • Macropygia phasianella phasianella

    south-eastern Australia (southeastern Queensland southward to eastern Victoria)

  • Macropygia phasianella quinkan

    northeastern Australia (northeastern Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)

  • Macropygia phasianella robinsoni

    eastern Australia (southeastern Cape York Peninsula southward to southeastern Queensland)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.