Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Crested Cuckoo-dove (Reinwardtoena crassirostris) - HBW 4, p. 147
French: Phasianelle huppée
German: Helmtaube
Spanish: Paloma Rabuda Crestada
Other common names: Crested Long-tailed Pigeon, Crested Pigeon(!)
Taxonomy: Turacœna crassirostris Gould, 1856, Guadalacanal, Solomon Islands.
Genus probably closest to Macropygia, which it resembles in shape and colour pattern of outer rectrices. Present species was formerly separated in monotypic genus Coryphoenas. Monotypic.
Distribution: Solomon Is, from Bougainville SE to San Cristobal.
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A bird eating fruits in a tree. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 September 2010 1 year ago 1 min 2 sec 4 -
A bird perched in a tree, preening. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 3.2 -
A perched bird on a branch, seen from below. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 2.6
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A bird in a fruiting tree.
Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 September 2010 1 year ago 2.4
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A bird singing. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2010 1 year ago 3
