Listen to the Sula cuckoo-dove
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About the Sula cuckoo-dove
The Sula 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 Sula cuckoo-dove sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
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 Sula cuckoo-dove (Turacoena sulaensis), is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
It is endemic to the Sula Islands and the Banggai Archipelago in Indonesia. Prior to 2016, it was considered a subspecies of the white-faced cuckoo dove.
Related birds in the genus Turacoena
More from the family Columbidae
Rock dove
Columba livia
Common wood pigeon
Columba palumbus
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
European turtle dove
Streptopelia turtur
Stock dove
Columba oenas
Spotted dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Laughing dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Mourning dove
Zenaida macroura
Kererū
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Nilgiri wood pigeon
Columba elphinstonii
Orange-breasted green pigeon
Treron bicinctus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Sula cuckoo-dove sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Sula cuckoo-dove on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Sula cuckoo-dove endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Sula cuckoo-dove as “least concern”.
What family does the Sula cuckoo-dove belong to?
The Sula cuckoo-dove (Turacoena sulaensis) 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
- Wikidata Q27042035 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Sula cuckoo-dove – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Vertebrate Zoology Curator – CC BY-SA 4.0