Brown Cuckoo-Dove
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Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia phasianella

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Booderee National Park
4 Verified records at Booderee National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The brown cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba. It is sometimes called the "brown pigeon" or "pheasant pigeon", but both terms are best avoided, as they can lead to confusion with the brown doves and the true pheasant pigeon. It was one of three new species defined when the slender-billed cuckoo-dove was split in 2016. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Booderee National Park

Common Bronzewing
LC Endemic

Common Bronzewing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phaps chalcoptera

5–10% · With luck
Crested Pigeon
LC Endemic

Crested Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ocyphaps lophotes

<5% · Rare
Pearl-necked Dove
LC Endemic

Pearl-necked Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spilopelia chinensis

<5% · Rare
Bar-shouldered Dove
LC

Bar-shouldered Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Geopelia humeralis

<5% · Rare
Wonga Pigeon
LC Endemic

Wonga Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leucosarcia melanoleuca

Insufficient data
White-headed Pigeon
LC Endemic

White-headed Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Columba leucomela

Insufficient data
Topknot Pigeon
LC Endemic

Topknot Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lopholaimus antarcticus

Insufficient data
Brush Bronzewing
LC Endemic

Brush Bronzewing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phaps elegans

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Brown Cuckoo-Dove at Booderee National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
2 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
3 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
4 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
6 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
7 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
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