Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia amboinensis) - HBW 4, p. 143
French: Phasianelle d'Amboine
German: Kuckuckstaube
Spanish: Tórtola-cuco Pechirrosa
Other common names: Amboina/Pink-breasted/Brown(!) Cuckoo-dove
Taxonomy: Columba amboinensis Linnaeus, 1766, Ambon.
May form superspecies with M. phasianella, M. magna, M. rufipennis, M. tenuirostris and M. emiliana, and all six sometimes considered conspecific; various other combinations proposed, with M. phasianella and M. magna normally considered to be the forms closest to present species; further studies are required in order to clarify precise relationships within this complex. Validity of some races, notably kerstingi, has been questioned; delimitation of subspecific ranges also unclear in several cases. Fifteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sanghirensis Salvadori, 1878 - Talaud Is and Sangihe Is (Sangihe, Siau, Tahulandang, Ruang).
- albicapilla Bonaparte, 1854 - Sulawesi and islands offNE (Manadotua, Manterawu, Bangka, Lembeh) and SE (Muna, Butung, Tukangbesi Is), Banggai Is (Peleng) and Sula Is.
- batchianensis Wallace, 1865 - N Moluccas, on Morotai, Halmehera, Bacan, Obi, Kasiruta, Kayoa and Ternate.
- sanghirensis Salvadori, 1878 - Talaud Is and Sangihe Is (Sangihe, Siau, Tahulandang, Ruang).
- albicapilla Bonaparte, 1854 - Sulawesi and islands offNE (Manadotua, Manterawu, Bangka, Lembeh) and SE (Muna, Butung, Tukangbesi Is), Banggai Is (Peleng) and Sula Is.
- batchianensis Wallace, 1865 - N Moluccas, on Morotai, Halmehera, Bacan, Obi, Kasiruta, Kayoa and Ternate.
- amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - S Moluccas, on Buru, Seram, Ambon and Seram Laut.
- keyensis Salvadori, 1876 - Kai Is (SE Moluccas).
- doreya Bonaparte, 1854 - W Papuan Is (Waigeo, Misool, Kofiao, Salawati, Batanta) and NW New Guinea E to Geelvink Bay.
- maforensis Salvadori, 1878 - Numfor I (Geelvink Bay).
- griseinucha Salvadori, 1876 - Mios Num I (Geelvink Bay).
- kerstingi Reichenow, 1897 - Yapen I (Geelvink Bay) and N coast of New Guinea from Memberano to Astrolobe Bay.
- goldiei Salvadori, 1893 - S coast of SE New Guinea from Merauke region to Milne Bay.
- meeki Rothschild & Hartert, 1915 - Manam I, offNE New Guinea.
- carteretia Bonaparte, 1854 - Bismarck Archipelago (except New Hanover) and Lihir Is.
- hueskeri Neumann, 1922 - New Hanover.
- cinereiceps Tristram, 1889 - D'Entrecasteaux Is.
- cunctata Hartert, 1899 - Louisiade Archipelago.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird resting in a tree Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp albicapilla)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched in a tree then flying away Locality Gunung Mahawu, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp albicapilla)
Keith Blomerley 11 August 2011 22 weeks ago 20 sec 3.3 -
Two birds in a tree, one of them eating a fruit, then both flying away. Locality Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp kerstingi)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 2 years ago 31 sec 2.7
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Perched in a tree inside the forest.
Locality Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp albicapilla)
David Beadle 10 October 2011 7 weeks ago 3.6
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