A collaborative bird survey of East Kwaio, Malaita, Solomon Islands
Author
Callaghan, Corey T.
Author
Kekeubata, Esau
Author
Waneagea, Jackson
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Alabai, Maasafi
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Esau, Tommy
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MacLaren, David
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Major, Richard E.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.6.1119
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10.15560/15.6.1119
1809-127X
Macropygia mackinlayi
E.P. Ramsay, 1878
.
Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove
Uncommon. Observed and heard at mid to high elevations (~
600 m
–
850 m
).
Identification
:
Fig. 5A
.
Voucher registration number(s)
: O.78232 (skin).
Ptilinopus solomonensis
(G.R. Gray, 1870)
. Yellowbibbed
Fruit-Dove
Common above
850 m
in mature mossy montane forest. Belonging to the
ambiguus
subspecies.
Identification
:
Fig. 5B
.
Voucher registration number(s)
: O.78244 (skin)
Ptilinopus superbus
(Temminck, 1809)
. Superb
Fruit-Dove
The most abundant of the fruit-doves. At one point, a flock of ~30–50 individuals flew above us, mixed with other fruit-dove spp.
Heard
more often than seen.
Identification
:
Fig. 5C
,
Table 1
.
Voucher registration number(s)
: O.78245 (skin).
Ptilinopus viridis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
. Claret-breasted
Fruit-Dove
Commonly heard, but infrequently seen, at all elevations.
Identification
:
Table 1
.
Reinwardtoena crassirostris
(Gould, 1856)
. Crested
Cuckoo-Dove
Heard
only at high elevation above
900 m
.
Identifica- tion
: Gives very distinctive call that can be heard at great distances, of a single rising “woo woooo”, where the first syllable is sometimes not audible. Call was referenced using xeno-canto recordings.
Table 1
.
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