Little Cuckoo-Dove
Macropygia ruficeps(Temminck, CJ, 1835)
English (US) Little Cuckoo-Dove
The Little Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia ruficeps) 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 ruficeps
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Cuckoo-Dove
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1835)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.
- Macropygia ruficeps assimilis
- Macropygia ruficeps engelbachi
- Macropygia ruficeps malayana
- Macropygia ruficeps simalurensis
- Macropygia ruficeps sumatrana
- Macropygia ruficeps nana
- Macropygia ruficeps ruficeps
- Macropygia ruficeps orientalis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba ruficeps
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1835)
- Type locality
- Java and Sumatra, restricted type locality, Java.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.95, vol.4 pl.561
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Barusan Cuckoo-Dove
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Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove
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Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove
Macropygia mackinlayi
Passenger Pigeon
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Pale-vented Pigeon
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Scaled Pigeon
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Scaly-naped Pigeon
Patagioenas squamosa
Picazuro Pigeon
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Bare-eyed Pigeon
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