Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Black Cuckoo-dove (Turacoena modesta) - HBW 4, p. 147
French: Phasianelle modeste
German: Timortaube
Spanish: Paloma de Timor
Other common names: Slaty/Slate-coloured Cuckoo-dove, Timor Black Pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba modesta Temminck, 1835, Timor.
Genus generally regarded as being related to Macropygia, and indeed sometimes included within it; however, this has been questioned, and similarities in coloration noted with some members of Columba species, e.g. C. vitiensis. Closely related to T. manadensis with which presumably forms a superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Timor and Wetar.
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A bird on a thick vine, singing once and turning around. Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 7 weeks ago 28 sec 3.7 -
A bird on a thick vine singing, looking around and flying away. Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 7 weeks ago 28 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a tree, moving. Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 7 weeks ago 24 sec 2.8
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A bird in a tree.
Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 7 weeks ago 2.8
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Song.
Locality Mount Sarim Camp, Mount Sarim, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
Iwein Mauro 21 March 2003 2 years ago 4 -
A bird singing from a tree, close to a river. Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 7 weeks ago 3 -
Song.
Locality Mount Sarim Camp, Mount Sarim, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
Iwein Mauro 21 March 2003 2 years ago 3 -
Song.
Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
Iwein Mauro 25 March 2003 2 years ago 3
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