Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis) [XC601301]
by from Trauna Gap, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (song)
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis) [XC116426]
by James Eaton from Wamlana Village logging road, Buru, Moluccas, Indonesia (song)
Subspecies
Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia amboinensis) and Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Macropygia amboinensis following Christidis and Boles (1994).
Validity of some subspecies, notably kerstingi, has been questioned.
The following 16 subspecies are recognised:
sanghirensis Salvadori, 1878 - Talaud Is and Sangihe Is (Sangihe, Siau, Tahulandang, Ruang).
albicapilla Bonaparte, 1854 - Sulawesi and islands offnorth-eastern (Manadotua, Manterawu, Bangka, Lembeh) and south-eastern (Muna, Butung, Tukangbesi Is), Banggai Is (Peleng) and Sula Is.
batchianensis Wallace, 1865 - Northern Moluccas, on Morotai, Halmehera, Bacan, Obi, Kasiruta, Kayoa and Ternate.
amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Southern Moluccas, on Buru, Seram, Ambon and Seram Laut.
keyensis Salvadori, 1876 - Kai Is (south-eastern Moluccas).
doreya Bonaparte, 1854 - Western Papuan Is (Waigeo, Misool, Kofiao, Salawati, Batanta) and north-western New Guinea east to Geelvink Bay.
maforensis Salvadori, 1878 - Numfor I (Geelvink Bay).
griseinucha Salvadori, 1876 - Mios Num I (Geelvink Bay).
kerstingi Reichenow, 1897 - Yapen I (Geelvink Bay) and northern coast of New Guinea from Memberano to Astrolobe Bay.
goldiei Salvadori, 1893 - Southern coast of south-eastern New Guinea from Merauke region to Milne Bay.
meeki Rothschild & Hartert, 1915 - Manam I, offnorth-eastern New Guinea.
carteretia Bonaparte, 1854 - Bismarck Archipelago (except New Hanover) and Lihir Is.
hueskeri Neumann, 1922 - New Hanover.
cinereiceps Tristram, 1889 - D'Entrecasteaux Is.
cunctata Hartert, 1899 - Louisiade Archipelago.
admiralitatis Mayr, 1937 - Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago.