Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Andaman Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia rufipennis) - HBW 4, p. 144
French: Phasianelle des Nicobar
German: Rotsteißtaube
Spanish: Tórtola-cuco de Andamán
Other common names: Nicobar Cuckoo-dove
Taxonomy: Macropygia rufipennis Blyth, 1846, southern Nicobars.
May form superspecies with M. amboinensis, M. phasianella, M. magna, M. tenuirostris and M. emiliana, and all six sometimes considered conspecific; present species shares plumage characters with M. phasianella and M. magna, but also with M. unchall, and has been suggested to have originated from stock of this last species; species limits within group poorly understood, and further study required in order to clarify precise relationships within this whole complex. Proposed races andamanica of Andamans and tiwarii of Great Ni.. View all taxonomy...
May form superspecies with M. amboinensis, M. phasianella, M. magna, M. tenuirostris and M. emiliana, and all six sometimes considered conspecific; present species shares plumage characters with M. phasianella and M. magna, but also with M. unchall, and has been suggested to have originated from stock of this last species; species limits within group poorly understood, and further study required in order to clarify precise relationships within this whole complex. Proposed races andamanica of Andamans and tiwarii of Great Nicobar not generally recognized. Monotypic.
Distribution: Andaman and Nicobar Is.
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A close view of a female in a tree. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 1 year ago 46 sec 3.7 -
A female on a branch. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 1 year ago 42 sec 3.3 -
A male in a tree, looking around and walking away. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2009 2 years ago 46 sec 3.2 -
one perched in vines, flies off Locality Chidiya Tapu Biological Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 27 December 2007 2 years ago 36 sec 2.5
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A female perched and looking back.
Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
A female in a tree.
Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2009 2 years ago 3
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