Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Little Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps) - HBW 4, p. 146
French: Phasianelle à tête rousse
German: Kleine Kuckuckstaube
Spanish: Tórtola-cuco Chica
Other common names: Red-faced/Red-headed/Lesser Red Cuckoo-dove
Taxonomy: Columba ruficeps Temminck, 1834, Java.
Forms a superspecies with M. nigrirostris and M. mackinlayi. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- assimilis Hume, 1874 - Myanmar (Karennee and Shandoung S to Muleyit, S Shan States) and SC China (S Yunnan) to W, NW & NE Thailand.
- engelbachi Delacour, 1928 - NW Vietnam (W Tonkin) and N Laos.
- malayana Chasen & Kloss, 1931 - Peninsular Malaysia.
- assimilis Hume, 1874 - Myanmar (Karennee and Shandoung S to Muleyit, S Shan States) and SC China (S Yunnan) to W, NW & NE Thailand.
- engelbachi Delacour, 1928 - NW Vietnam (W Tonkin) and N Laos.
- malayana Chasen & Kloss, 1931 - Peninsular Malaysia.
- simalurensis Richmond, 1902 - Simeulue I.
- sumatrana Robinson & Kloss, 1919 - Sumatra.
- nana Stresemann, 1913 - Borneo including Sibatik I.
- ruficeps (Temminck, 1834) - Java and Bali.
- orientalis Hartert, 1896 - Lesser Sundas, on Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Pantar, Sumba and Timor.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult perching in an aviary.
Locality Taman Burung, Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp malayana)
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Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
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Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
Iwein Mauro 26 March 2003 2 years ago 2 -
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Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
Iwein Mauro 26 March 2003 2 years ago 1
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