Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella] (Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove)

Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella] (= 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

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946482

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
A95B9CADF05C31DE

Avibase ID:
avibase-A95B9CAD

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A95B9CAD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177203

Geographic range:

Macropygia amboinensis amboinensis: S Moluccas (Buru, Seram, Ambon and Seram Laut)
Macropygia amboinensis keyensis: Kai Islands (se Moluccas)
Macropygia amboinensis maforensis: Numfor I. (Geelvink Bay off n New Guinea); population on Biak Island is not identified to subspecies, but vocally is similar to maforensis, and birds on Yapen Island presumably are the same subspecies as birds on Biak
Macropygia amboinensis griseinucha: Meos Num I. (Geelvink Bay off n New Guinea)
Macropygia amboinensis meeki: Manam I. (off ne New Guinea)
Macropygia amboinensis carteretia: Bismarck Archipelago (except Admiralty Islands and New Hanover) and Lihir Is.
Macropygia amboinensis hueskeri: New Hanover (Bismarck Archipelago)
Macropygia amboinensis cinereiceps: New Guinea east of the Bird's Neck, Biak and Yapen Islands, and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Macropygia amboinensis cunctata: Louisiade Archipelago
Macropygia amboinensis admiralitatis: Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
Macropygia doreya doreya: NW New Guinea and w Papuan islands
Macropygia doreya balim: Balim Valley, western New Guinea
Macropygia doreya albiceps: N Moluccas
Macropygia doreya albicapilla: Sulawesi, Banggai, Tukangbesi and adjacent islands
Macropygia doreya sedecima: Sula Islands
Macropygia doreya sanghirensis: Sangihe, Siau, Tahulandang, Ruang and Talaud islands
Macropygia doreya atrata: Togian Island (off Sulawesi)
Macropygia phasianella: Coastal e Australia (Cape York to e Victoria)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove
French:
Phasianelle d'Ambon ou P. brune

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Slender-billed or Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia [amboinensis, doreya or phasianella])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Brown Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Phasianelle d'Amboine ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Brown Cuckoo Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Brown Cuckoo Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Brown Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia amboinensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Macropygia amboinensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Macropygia [amboinensis, phasianella, tenuirostris or emiliana]

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