| Brown Cuckoo-dove Macropygia phasianella (aka Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove, Macropygia amboinensis phasianella, Macropygia amboinensis robinsoni) |
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Queensland, Australia November 2010 There is confusion about the taxonomy of this species. Following Clements and HBW it is distributed in eastern Australia. It is found in rainforest mainly at the edges. |
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Authorities such as Clements and HBW classify it as a species Macropygia phasianella, others such as Howard & Moore as a subspecies Macropygia amboinensis phasianella, while Schodde & Mason (1997) have divided M. a. phasianella into M. a. phasianella, M. a. quinkan and M. a. robinsoni. Under their classification, these photos are of M. a. robinsoni since they were taken south of Cooktown and north of the Fitzroy Basin. All rather confusing really and there seems to be some taxonomic clarification required for this species. | |||
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