Typical Cuckoo-Doves
Macropygia
Macropygia is a genus of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. The genus is one of three genera known as cuckoo-doves. They are long tailed, range between 27–45 cm in length and have brown plumage. The genus ranges from India and China through Indonesia and the Philippines to Vanuatu and Australia.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia phasianella
Little Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia ruficeps
Barred Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia unchall
Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia doreya
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia tenuirostris
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia amboinensis
Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia emiliana
Andaman Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia rufipennis
Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia nigrirostris
spot-breasted cuckoo-dove
speciesMacropygia mackinlayi
Timor Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia magna
Barusan Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia modiglianii
Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia macassariensis
Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia timorlaoensis
Enggano Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia cinnamomea
Marquesan Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia heana
Huahine Cuckoo-Dove
speciesMacropygia arevarevauupa
Macropygia amboinensis × phasianella
hybridMacropygia amboinensis × phasianella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2869.