Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia amboinensis

The brow cuckoo-dove ( also known as the Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove ) use to turn up from time to time but since installing the bird feeder out the back it’s one of the most common birds in the backyard! The species is found up the entire east coast and across Papua New Guinea and into Indonesia. Their specific habitat is rainforests and wet sclerophyll forest, particularly at the forest edges, along creeks and rivers. They are also found in regrowth areas and cleared land.

Brown Cuckoo-Dove waiting for his turn at the bird feeder

#### Resources and references:

• Wikipedia
• Birds in backyards
• Atlas of Living Australia

• Brown Cuckko-Dove
• Slender-Billed Cuckoo-Dove
• Bird
• Native
• Yard