Listen to the Amboyna cuckoo-dove
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About the Amboyna cuckoo-dove
The Amboyna cuckoo-dove is a bird in the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Amboyna cuckoo-dove sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Macropygia amboinensis) is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in the Moluccas and New Guinea. It was one of three new species defined when the slender-billed cuckoo-dove was split up in 2016 and retains the Latin binomial of the former species.[1]
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Common wood pigeon
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Eurasian collared dove
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European turtle dove
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Stock dove
Columba oenas
Spotted dove
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Laughing dove
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Mourning dove
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Kererū
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Nilgiri wood pigeon
Columba elphinstonii
Orange-breasted green pigeon
Treron bicinctus
Zebra dove
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Frequently asked questions
What does an Amboyna cuckoo-dove sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Amboyna cuckoo-dove on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Amboyna cuckoo-dove endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Amboyna cuckoo-dove as “least concern”.
What family does the Amboyna cuckoo-dove belong to?
The Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Macropygia amboinensis) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia by Peter Wilton – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia by Peter Wilton – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q688940 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Amboyna cuckoo-dove – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by markaharper1 – CC BY-SA 2.0