Habitat
Primary and tall secondary monsoon-forest, in drier or more open areas, vine thickets, thickly vegetated gullies and eucalyptus woodland with dense understorey. From sea-level - 1,770 m.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging, clearing, burning, and possibly hunting are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A six-second, accelerating series of medium-pitched, upslurred, disyllabic 'hoo-wuk' notes.
Black Cuckoo-Dove (Turacoena modesta) [XC32990]
by Frank Lambert from Namulutu River, Lore, Lautem, East Timor (song)
Black Cuckoo-Dove (Turacoena modesta) [XC207811]
by Colin Trainor from Wetar Island, Indonesia (cooing)
Subspecies
Closely related to White-faced Cuckoo-dove (Turacoena manadensis) with which presumably forms a superspecies.
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Subspecies metallica of Metallic Pigeon (Columba vitiensis) is more stocky and shorter-tailed, has red legs, red-and-yellow bill and is highly glossed with purple and green.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet