Avibase: Macropygia macassariensis (Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove)

Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia macassariensis Wallace, AR 1865

The Flores Sea cuckoo-dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found on Sulawesi, Tanakeke and Selayar Islands, and some of the eastern Lesser Sundas. It was previously lumped together with the Tanimbar cuckoo-dove and the Timor cuckoo-dove as the dusky or bar-necked cuckoo-dove. The Flores Sea cuckoo-dove has two subspecies: Source: Wikipedia

M. m. macassariensis Wallace, 1865 - southwest Sulawesi, Selayar and Tanakeke Islands.
M. m. longa Meise, 1930 - Tanahjampea and Kalaotoa Is.

Classification

Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
   Macropygia
Scientific:
  Macropygia macassariensis

Original description

Citation:
Wallace, AR 1865

Reference:
Ibis ser.2, vol.1, no.4 p.389

Protonym:
Macropygia amboinensis var. macassariensis

Type locality:
Macassar, Celebes.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97523#page/425/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
EDF138FC804E4F77

Avibase ID:
avibase-EDF138FC

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/EDF138FC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 677197

Geographic range:

Macropygia macassariensis: Flores Sea islands south of Sulawesi
Macropygia macassariensis macassariensis: Selayar and Tana Keke (south of southwestern Sulawesi); possibly also southwestern Sulawesi
Macropygia macassariensis longa: Tanahjampea, Kalao, and Kalaotoa (southeast of southwestern Sulawesi)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Flores Sea Cuckoo Dove
Afrikaans:
Floreskoekoekduif
Bulgarian:
Флореска кукувича гургулица
Catalan:
tórtora cucut de les Selayar
Czech:
holub salayarský
Danish:
Sulawesi-gøgedue
German:
Wellenbrusttaube
Esperanto:
floresmara kukolkolombo
Spanish:
Tórtola Cuco de Flores
Spanish (Spain):
Tórtola Cuco de Flores
French:
Phasianelle de Wallace
Indonesian:
Uncal Kelam
Japanese (romaji):
ooonagabato
Japanese:
オオオナガバト
Dutch:
Floreszeekoekoeksduif
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Makassargaukdue
Norwegian:
makassargjøkdue
Polish:
kasztanówka falista
Portuguese:
rola-cuco-de-macáçar
Portuguese (Portugal):
rola-cuco-das-flores
Russian:
Флоресская кукушковая горлица
Slovak:
hrdlica vlnkovaná
Serbian:
Kukavičji golub sa Floreskog mora
Swedish:
selayargökduva
Turkish:
Flores Denizi guguk kumrusu
Ukrainian:
горлиця флореська
Chinese:
弗洛勒斯海鹃鸠
Chinese (Traditional):
弗羅勒斯鵑鳩

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Flores Sea Cuckoo Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Flores Sea Cuckoo Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Flores Sea Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Flores Sea Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Flores Sea Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Flores Sea Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Flores Sea Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Flores Sea Cuckoo-dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove ( Macropygia macassariensis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Macropygia [magna, macassariensis or timorlaoensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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