Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Philippine Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) - HBW 4, p. 144
French: Phasianelle des Philippines
German: Philippinentaube
Spanish: Tórtola-cuco Filipina
Other common names: Reddish Cuckoo-dove
Taxonomy: Macropygia tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854, vicinity of Manila, Philippines.
May form superspecies with M. amboinensis, M. phasianella, M. magna, M. rufipennis and M. emiliana, and all six sometimes considered conspecific; various other combinations proposed, with present species perhaps closest to M. phasianella or M. emiliana, having at times been listed as subspecies of one or other; species limits of group poorly understood, and further study required in order to clarify precise relationships within this whole complex. N populations have been awarded races phaea (Lan Yu Is and Calayan) and septentrionalis<.. View all taxonomy...
May form superspecies with M. amboinensis, M. phasianella, M. magna, M. rufipennis and M. emiliana, and all six sometimes considered conspecific; various other combinations proposed, with present species perhaps closest to M. phasianella or M. emiliana, having at times been listed as subspecies of one or other; species limits of group poorly understood, and further study required in order to clarify precise relationships within this whole complex. N populations have been awarded races phaea (Lan Yu Is and Calayan) and septentrionalis (Batan), but validity unclear; in such an arrangement, race present in Taiwan uncertain. Monotypic.
Distribution: Taiwan and nearby Lan Yu (Hung-t'ou Hsü) Is; Philippines, on Batan, Calayan, Luzon, Mindoro, Sibuyan, Palawan, Negros, Bohol, Siquijor, Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago.
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bird calling Locality Babuyan Claro, Babuyan Islands, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 April 2004 3 years ago 3
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