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.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Voice
A surprised, quite deep, 'waow', rising in the middle and a soft 'hoo-hoo', like the Grey-capped Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica), but higher pitched.
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) [XC116522]
by Ding Li Yong from Sarawak, unspecified location, Malaysia (song)
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) [XC30733]
by David Edwards from Mt Senaca, Mindanao, Philippines (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.