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Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The Amboyna cuckoo-dove is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in the Moluccas and New Guinea. It was one of three new species defined when the slender-billed cuckoo-dove was split up in 2016 and retains the Latin binomial of the former species.[1] Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
   Macropygia
Scientific:
  Macropygia amboinensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Columba amboinensis

Type locality:
  Amboina.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/290/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A0F0F9102C82C83E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A0F0F910

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A0F0F910

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177203

English:
Amboyna Cuckoo Dove
Afrikaans:
Amboinakoekoekduif
Bulgarian:
Папуаска кукувича гургулица
Catalan:
tórtora-cucut becfina
Czech:
holub amboinský
Danish:
Rosenbrystet Gøgedue
German:
Kuckuckstaube
Esperanto:
stretbeka kukolkolombo
Spanish:
Tórtola cuco pechirrosa
Spanish (Spain):
Tórtola Cuco Pechirrosa
Estonian:
ruuge-kägutuvi
Finnish:
ruusukäkikyyhky
French:
Phasianelle d'Ambon
Croatian:
tankokljuna grlica
Hungarian:
amboinai kakukkgalamb
Indonesian:
Uncal ambon
Italian:
Tortora cuculo beccosottile
Japanese (romaji):
baramuneonagabato
Japanese:
バラムネオナガバト
Lithuanian:
rusvakrūtis gegutinis purplelis
Dutch:
Tortelkoekoeksduif
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Rosengaukdue
Norwegian:
Rosengjøkdue
Polish:
kasztanówka cienkodzioba
Portuguese:
pombo-cuco-de-bico-delgado
Portuguese (Portugal):
rola-cuco-de-amboíno
Russian:
Амбонская кукушковая горлица
Slovak:
hrdlica hnedá
Serbian:
Tankokljuni kukavičji golub
Swedish:
smalnäbbad gökduva
Turkish:
Sarıca guguk kumrusu
Ukrainian:
горлиця тонкодзьоба
Chinese:
红胸鹃鸠
Chinese (Traditional):
細嘴鵑鳩

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Amboyna Cuckoo Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Amboyna Cuckoo Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2021:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2022:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2023:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2024:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2025:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2016:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2017:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2018:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
Clements, version 2019:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2016:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2017:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2018:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2019:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2021:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2022:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2023:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2024:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
eBird version 2025:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Macropygia [amboinensis or doreya] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Amboinakoekoekduif
Bulgarian: Папуаска кукувича гургулица
Catalan: tórtora-cucut becfina
Czech: holub amboinský
Danish: Rosenbrystet Gøgedue
German: Kuckuckstaube
English: Amboyna Cuckoo Dove, Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove, Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove
English (Australia): Brown Cuckoo-Dove (New Guinea)
English (Avilist): Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove
English, HBW: Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove (Amboyna Cuckoo-dove)
English (IOC): Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove
English (United States): Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove
Esperanto: Ambona kukolkolombo, stretbeka kukolkolombo
Spanish: Tórtola cuco pechirrosa
Spanish (Spain): Tórtola Cuco Pechirrosa
Spanish (HBW): Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove
Estonian: ruuge-kägutuvi
Finnish: ruusukäkikyyhky
French: Phasianelle d'Amboine, Phasianelle d'Ambon
French (Guyane): Phasianelle d'Ambon
Croatian: tankokljuna grlica
Hungarian: amboinai kakukkgalamb
Indonesian: Uncal ambon
Italian: Tortora cuculo beccosottile
Japanese (romaji): baramuneonagabato
Japanese: バラムネオナガバト
Scientific: Columba amboinensis, Macropygia amboinensis, Macropygia amboinensis amboinensis
Lithuanian: rusvakrūtis gegutinis purplelis
Dutch: Tortelkoekoeksduif
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rosengaukdue
Norwegian: Rosengjøkdue
Polish: kasztanówka cienkodzioba
Portuguese: pombo-cuco-de-bico-delgado
Portuguese (Portugal): rola-cuco-de-amboíno
Russian: Амбонская кукушковая горлица, Розовогрудая кукушковая горлица
Slovak: hrdlica hnedá
Serbian: Tankokljuni kukavičji golub
Swedish: smalnäbbad gökduva
Turkish: Sarıca guguk kumrusu
Ukrainian: горлиця тонкодзьоба
Chinese: 红胸鹃鸠
Chinese (Traditional): 大鵑鳩, 細嘴鵑鳩

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