Philippine cuckoo-dove
| Philippine cuckoo-dove | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Macropygia |
| Species: | M. tenuirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Macropygia tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854 | |
| Subspecies | |
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The Philippine cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was split from the slender-billed cuckoo-dove in 2016 and is found in the Philippines and Taiwan. The Philippine cuckoo-dove has four sub-species:
- M. t. phaea McGregor, 1904 - Calayan Island
- M. t. tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854 - Philippines
- M. t. borneensis Robinson & Kloss, 1921 - Borneo. Provisionally moved from ruddy cuckoo-dove to Macropygia tenuirostris by IOU.
- M. t. septentrionalis Hachisuka, 1930 - Batan, Itbayat and Sabtan Islands (northern Philippines); Lanyu Island (Taiwan).
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Macropygia tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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