Green Backed Heron - Bird photography and identification
Little Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia ruficeps)
Little Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia ruficeps)
Photo description
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. This is the commonest of all pigeons in the montane forest. This subspecies is darker overall and the male also has blackish mottling on the breast. This is the last of my Malaysian series with 78 photographed species. www.greenbackedheron.com/search?k=malaysia f/5.6, iso 1600, 1/640.
Uploaded Sep 27, 2008 | Flickr URL
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Malaysia Little Cuckoo Dove Macropygia ruficeps Macropygia ruficeps malayana
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It's kind of interesting to think that the "plain ubiquitous" pigeons that we wee around our neighbourhood have such exotic cousins!
Posted on Sep 28, 2008
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