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 LC    Philippine Cuckoo-dove* Id (Atlas):
    Macropygia tenuirostris

Description (10)
Image of Philippine Cuckoo-dove
 

Other Names (World)
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove, Reddish Cuckoo-dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
38 - 39 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1854

Habitat
Tropical forest.

Range (Guide)
Philippines, Taiwan (China).

Taiwan and nearby Lan Yu (Hung-t'ou Hsü) Is; Philippines, on Batan, Calayan, Luzon, Mindoro, Sibuyan, Palawan, Negros, Bohol, Siquijor, Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in small flocks.

Voice
A surprised, quite deep, 'waow', rising in the middle and a soft 'hoo-hoo', like the Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica), but higher pitched.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

 
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) [XC269433]
     by Frank Lambert from Palawan, forest near Sabang, Philippines (song)

 
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) [XC454974]
     by Sunny Tseng from Lanyu, Taitung County, Taiwan Province, Taiwan (song)

Subspecies
Northern populations have been awarded subspecies phaea (Lan Yu Is and Calayan) and septentrionalis (Batan), but validity unclear. In such an arrangement the subspecies present in Taiwan is uncertain.

May form superspecies with Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia amboinensis), Dusky Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia magna), Andaman Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia rufipennis), Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella) and Ruddy Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia emiliana). All six sometimes considered conspecific.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • phaea McGregor, 1904   -  Calayan Island (north Philippines).
  • tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854   -  Philippines, Taiwan and Lan-yü I.
  • borneensis Robinson & Kloss, 1921   -  Northern Borneo.
  • septentrionalis Hachisuka, 1930   -  Lanyu Island (off Taiwan) and Itbayat, Batan and Sabtang Islands (north Philippines).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Philippine Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) - 10 files


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