Common Name
Brown Cuckoo-dove
Alternate name
Brown Pigeon, Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Historical abundance
Declining
Overall distribution
Common near rainforest
Local distribution
Common in sub-tropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest where usually seen around edges. Favours shrubby weeds like wild tobacco
Known location
Springbrook, Coomera, Upper Mudgeeraba, Lamington NP, Reedy Creek, Oxenford, Mudgeeraba, Guanaba, Or
Other locality
Common, or moderately common, in rainforest regrowth on the edges of rainforest or in farmland.
General ecology
Rainforest margins, farmland, riparian forest.
Specific ecology
Regenerating rainforest shrubs bearing fruit.
Habitat comment
Unlike other rainforest pigeons this species prefers regrowth where shrubs, including weeds such as wild tobacco (Solanum mauritianum) are bearing fruit). Partial rainforest clearing can benefit it, but overall, it has declined from large scale rainforest clearing.
Threats
Broadscale rainforest clearing.
