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Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia nigrirostrisSalvadori, AT, 1876

English (US) Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove

The Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia nigrirostris) 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.

Range: New Guinea, including D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea), and Bismarck ArchipelagoRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Macropygia nigrirostris
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove
Described by
Salvadori, AT, 1876

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Taxonomic history

Described by
Salvadori, AT, 1876
Type locality
Arfak and Warbusi.
Original description
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 7(1875) p.972

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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