Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Black-billed Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia nigrirostris) - HBW 4, p. 145

French: Phasianelle barrée German: Kastanientaube Spanish: Tórtola-cuco Piquinegra
Other common names: (Lesser) Bar-tailed/Black-billed Cuckoo-dove

Taxonomy: Macropygia nigrirostris Salvadori, 1875, Arfak and Warbusi.
Forms a superspecies with M. mackinlayi and M. ruficeps. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Guinea, offshore islands of Yapen and Karkar, larger islands of Bismarck Archipelago and Lihir Is, and D'Entrecasteaux Is (Goodenough, Fergusson).