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 LC    Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove* Id (Atlas):
    Macropygia amboinensis

Description (10)
Image of Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove
 

Other Names (World)
Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove, Amboina Cuckoo-dove, Pink-breasted Cuckoo-dove, Brown Cuckoo-dove(!), Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Soft coos, and hoots that vary with subspecies.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)

 
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).

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

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.



References
See References.


Files:
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