Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove

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Photo by Don Gato

Macropygia emiliana

Includes Barusan Cuckoo-Dove and Enggano Cuckoo-Dove

Distribution

Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Taxonomy

Clements^[1] recognizes seven subspecies which are split into three species (or placed in other species) by Gill and Donsker^[2]:

• Barusan Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia modiglianii)

• M. a. hypopercna:

• Simeulue Island (off northwest Sumatra)

• M. a. elassa:

• Mentawi Islands (Siberut, Sipura and Pagai)

• M. a. modiglianii:

• Nias Island (off western Sumatra)

• Enggano Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia cinnamomea)

• M. a. cinnamomea:

• Enggano Island (off western Sumatra)

• Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia cinnamomea)

• M. a. emiliana:

• Krakatau, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores and Paloe islands

• M. a. megala:

• Kangean Islands (off northeast Java)

• Included in Philippine Cuckoo-Dove by Gill and Donsker:

• M. a. borneensis:

• Northern Borneo

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ruddy_Cuckoo-Dove

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