Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia emiliana

Shy and unobtrusive dove of lowland and foothill forests, woodlands, and wooded plantations. Rusty brown overall, with a paler, more gingery head. Compare with similar, but distinctly smaller, Little Cuckoo-Dove, which has a paler, buffier chest, and is generally also more tolerant of cultivated habitats. Like many other cuckoo-doves, typically forages quietly in the middle to lower levels of forest, occasionally emerging out into the open to rest or forage. Gives a series of cooing hoots, often with a few quiet connecting notes in between (“WHOOhuhuWHOOhuhuWHOO”), though the latter may be difficult to hear at a distance. Also a more pronounced two-part “huWOO, huWOO.”