Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove © flickr.com

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). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia doreya).
• 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. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia doreya).
• 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. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia doreya).
• 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.

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