Barred cuckoo-dove

Barred cuckoo-dove
From Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Macropygia
Species: M. unchall
Binomial name
Macropygia unchall
(Wagler, 1827)

The barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Artist's illustration.

Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Barred cuckoo-dove

Description

It has Dark brown wings and the rest its body is grey-brown.

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