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).
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) [XC35243]
by Ding Li Yong from Hamut, Baliuag, Sierra Madre Mountains, Luzon, Philippines (song)
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) [XC814059]
by James Eaton from Real, Quezon, Calabarzon, 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.