Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
White-faced Cuckoo-dove (Turacoena manadensis) - HBW 4, p. 147
French: Phasianelle de Manado
German: Manadotaube
Spanish: Paloma Cariblanca
Other common names: White-faced Black Cuckoo-dove, Sulawesi/White-faced Black Pigeon, White-faced/White-headed(!) Pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba manadensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1830, Menado, Sulawesi.
Genus generally regarded as being related to Macropygia, and indeed sometimes included within it; however, this has been questioned, and similarities in coloration noted with some members of Columba species, e.g. C. vitiensis. Closely related to T. modesta with which presumably forms a superspecies. Birds of Banggai and Sula Is have sometimes been awarded a separate race, sulaensis, as averaging very slightly smaller, but validity doubtful. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sulawesi and small islands off NE, as well as Togian Is, Muna and Butung, Banggai and Sula Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, calling Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 August 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 4 -
A calling bird in a tree. Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 8 August 2009 33 weeks ago 46 sec 3.8
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Bird about to clean its tail feathers
Locality Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 26 August 2008 41 weeks ago 3.5 -
A very poor photo of an adult shot through the tinted window of a car.
Locality Manado, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 10 October 2011 5 weeks ago 3 -
An adult perched in his aviary.
Locality Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia)
Pierre de Chabannes 1 August 2006 2 years ago 3
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