31 July 2008

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

bird

bird

yet another bird
Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis)
(And I do so hope "macropygia" is pronounced macro-pig-ia.)

The book** says these birds live along most of Australia's east coast and are generally quite common, but I've never seen any before. There were three of them here, but I think these photos probably show just the same one in each shot.

I feel like I should apologise for the above-average crappiness of the photos, but no, let's not.

** Jim Flegg & N. Longmore, Birds of Australia, Surry Hills: Reader's Digest, 1994, ISBN 0864384262, p. 168.