Barred Cuckoo-Dove

The barred cuckoo-dove is 37–41 cm long and weighs 153–182 g. It has a buff throat and forehead becoming pinkish grey at the crown, a yellow or pale brown iris, a short black bill and red feet. The upperparts are blackish brown, with reddish-brown fringes on the back, mantle, rump, wing coverts and scapulars, and the blackish-brown tail is heavily barred reddish brown (Wikipedia, general species account).

It occurs from the Himalaya to Southeast Asia, in dense subtropical woodland at about 800–3,000 m on montane slopes. The Lepcha people of Sikkim call it ka ar fo, and the Mizo of Mizoram call it Ṭhumimeisei. The cached account gives nothing on its diet, behaviour or breeding. SoIB 2023 treats it as a resident forest bird, rates it a Low conservation priority, and gives a Moderate range of about 75,000 km² (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).