Little Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps)

Other Names (World)
Little Cuckoo-Dove, Red-faced Cuckoo-dove, Red-headed Cuckoo-dove, Lesser Red Cuckoo-dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
28 - 33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1834)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, dry forest, arable land. From 300 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, China (mainland), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Timor-Leste (B) (NB), Vietnam.

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.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (55)...)

Little Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia ruficeps) [XC452124]
by Philippe Verbelen from Bedugul, Bali, Indonesia (song)

Little Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia ruficeps) [XC336462]
by Peter Boesman from Mount Kinabalu lower slopes, Sabah, Borneo, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black-billed Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia nigrirostris) and Mackinlay's Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia mackinlayi).

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

assimilis Hume, 1874 - Myanmar (Karennee and Shandoung south to Muleyit, southern Shan States) and south-central China (southern Yunnan) to west, north-western and north-eastern Thailand.
engelbachi Delacour, 1928 - North-western Vietnam (western Tonkin) and northern Laos.
malayana Chasen & Kloss, 1931 - Peninsular Malaysia.
simalurensis Richmond, 1902 - Simeulue I.
sumatrana Robinson & Kloss, 1919 - Sumatra.
nana Stresemann, 1913 - Borneo including Sibatik I.
ruficeps (Temminck, 1834) - Java and Bali.
orientalis Hartert, 1896 - Lesser Sundas, on Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Pantar, Sumba and Timor.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Little Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps) - 10 files

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