Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove
Macropygia emilianaBonaparte, CLJL, 1854
English (US) Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove
The Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia emiliana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
- Scientific name
- Macropygia emiliana
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Macropygia emiliana emiliana
- Macropygia emiliana megala
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854
- Type locality
- Java, restricted to the plains of central Java by Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus., 10, 1921, p. 203.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 39 p.1111
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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