Little Cuckoo-Dove

ID tip

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Little Cuckoo-Dove

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Little Cuckoo-Dove

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brunei.

About the Little Cuckoo-Dove

The little cuckoo-dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a reddish brown pigeon, and is found in Brunei, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is listed as a species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Barred Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia unchallThe barred cuckoo-dove has a buff coloured throat and forehead which becomes pinkish grey at the crown. measures 37 to 41 cm (15 to 16 in) in length, and weighs 153 to 182 g (5.4 to 6.4 oz). Amboyna Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia amboinensisThe Amboyna cuckoo-dove is typically about 35–37 centimetres (14–15 in) long. Philippine Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia tenuirostrisThe Philippine cuckoo-dove is a large cuckoo-dove that measures 38.5 centimetres (15.2 in) in length, and weighs 157 to 191 g (5.5 to 6.7 oz).

Side by side: Brown Cuckoo-Dove vs Little Cuckoo-Dove · Barred Cuckoo-Dove vs Little Cuckoo-Dove · Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove vs Little Cuckoo-Dove · Little Cuckoo-Dove vs Philippine Cuckoo-Dove