---
title: "Brown Cuckoo-Dove"
description: "Macropygia phasianella — Uccelli. The brown cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-cuckoo-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Cuckoo-Dove

> Macropygia phasianella — Uccelli. The brown cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba.

- Scientific name: *Macropygia phasianella*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4457
- Wikidata: [Q628225](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628225)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144551](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144551)

## Names

- en: Brown Cuckoo-Dove
- de: Maronentaube
- es: Tórtola Cuco Parda
- fr: Phasianelle brune
- nl: Australische koekoeksduif
- pt: Pombo-cuco-marrom
- pl: Kasztanówka bażancia

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4272)

## Summary

The brown cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba. It is sometimes called the "brown pigeon" or "pheasant pigeon", but both terms are best avoided, as they can lead to confusion with the brown doves and the true pheasant pigeon. It was one of three new species defined when the slender-billed cuckoo-dove was split in 2016.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_cuckoo-dove

## Photo

![Brown Cuckoo-Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-cuckoo-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: themaskedlapwing · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261518924

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-cuckoo-dove?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).