Reddish Cuckoo-dove

[Bobby Kintanar]

Had to shoot this at ISO 1600 or else ... Used Noiseware Community Edition to clean it up, but EXIF data was not passed on after the process:

Reddish Cukoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris)

[steve pryor]

Hi Bobby,
I am presuming we are in Australia?

[Bobby Kintanar]

Ahihihi, no Sir Steve, this was taken at a neighbor's backyard. He excitedly knocked on my gate to inform me of this bird in his garden. It looks like a Reddish Cuckoo-dove doesn't it? I think it's a pet that got out or something. :-)

[Eric Patdu]

Hihihi....

Sir Bobby, I think Sir Steve means that the M. phasianella is from Australia and the Philippine species is the M. tenuirostris.

[Bobby Kintanar]

Oh, ahihihi. I just followed the SN I saw in the KG after seeing the bird that looked like it. The SN is "Macropygia phasianella" but there is "tenuirostris" in the photo though. Darn if I understand any of those terms. So I'll rename it tenuirostris then.

Thanks guys. :-)

[Eric Patdu]

Hihihi....

The KG classifies it as the Reddish Cuckoo Dove (M. p. tenuirostris). But the Philippine race has been split into a separate species and is now named Philippine Cuckoo Dove (M. tenuirostris).

[Romy Ocon]

Excellent shot of a bird I'm not privileged to get close to yet, Bobby...congrats!

[Bobby Kintanar]

What? So this is officially a Philippine Cucoo-dove then? By gosh by golly wow, I got three races in one shot! Amazing! Bwahahaha. Hahay, this SN thing with splits and races and stuff should be left to scientists anyway. :-)

Thanks Ka Romy, just got lucky I stayed home. :-)

[Ding Carpio]

Yep. That's the Phil. RCD. Sometime between Nov and Feb, a flock of 8 or so spends hours every morning on the tree just outside my backyard, alternating with the Black-Naped Orioles. The Orioles are back but, somehow, the PRCDs have not come back yet.

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[steve pryor]

Yes, split by most (if not all of those that really count) authorities. I forget exactly if now the M. tenuirostris is monotypic (means having only one race - the nominate) or if there is more than one race in Phils. Somebody look up what the race is on Cebu please - still in the Supermarket here.

[Bob Kaufman]

cuckooroller said:

Yes, split by most (if not all of those that really count) authorities. I forget exactly if now the M. tenuirostris is monotypic (means having only one race - the nominate) or if there is more than one race in Phils. Somebody look up what the race is on Cebu please - still in the Supermarket here.

Three races in the Philippines:
septentrionalis (Batan, Itbayat & Sabtang)
phaea (Calayan)
tenuirostris (the rest of the Philippines - interestingly, Kennedy does not include Cebu in the list of islands where this race occurs)

[steve pryor]

Hi Bob,
Thanks. Yes, I checked it out once I got home, and not recorded from Cebu - it is now cogent to ask Bobby the location of this shot - I am presuming not on Cebu for the moment.

[Bobby Kintanar]

Steve, as I noted, this was just shot at a neighbor's place - in Mandaue Cebu City. It was perched o a tree branch and my neighbor came and asked me to take it's photo as we have never seen this bird in our village before. As I ventured it could be an escaped pet or smuggled into the city and escaped. For what it's worth, it is presented as a photograph of the species. :-)

[steve pryor]

Hi Bobby,
Yes, I should have caught the indirect reference to location. I also am wondering if it is an escape. Will have to map out the records from surrounding islands and make a guess if it could have just flown over on its' own volition! Geez, do I hate the bird trade - just mucks up one's thinking when you have to take it into account. It has already come into play with the cebuan race of Loriculus - they don't even know if the race is extinct or not because of the release of extra-Cebu Loriculus on the Island.

[Bobby Kintanar]

Alright Steve - I'll try to get a photo of those Loriculus here as well. :-)