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) [XC551814]
by id from Orchid Island, Taiwan (song)
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) [XC169052]
by Brendan Sloan from Mount Apo, Davao City, Davao del Sur, Davao Region, 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.