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Macropygia
''Macropygia'' is a genus of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. The genus is one of three genera known as cuckoo-doves. They are long tailed, range between 27 and 45 cm in length and have brown plumage. The genus now ranges from India and China through Indonesia and the Philippines to Vanuatu and Australia, though they originated from North and South America. The genus ''Macropygia'' was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''makros'' meaning "long" or "deep" and "-pugios" meaning "-rumped"). The type species is the brown cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia phasianella''). The genus contains the following 15 species: * Barred cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia unchall'') * Amboyna cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia amboinensis'') * Sultan's cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia doreya'') * Ruddy cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia emiliana'') * Enggano cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia cinnamomea'') * Barusan cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia modiglianii'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruddy Cuckoo-dove
The ruddy cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia emiliana'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a medium-sized, reddish brown cuckoo-dove, found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. It is rated as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species, International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species. Taxonomy The ruddy cuckoo-dove was first described by the French biologist and ornithologist Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte in 1854. It was split from the slender-billed cuckoo-dove in 2003. It has two remaining sub-species: * ''M. e. emiliana'' Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Bonaparte, 1854 - Java to western Lesser Sunda Islands * ''M. e. megala'' Siebers, 1929 - Kangean Islands Five former subspecies of the ruddy cuckoo-dove were reassigned by the International Ornithologists' Union, IOU in 2016: * ''M. e. cinnamomea'' Tommaso Salvadori, Salvadori, 1892 - Enggano Island was split from the ruddy cuckoo-dove as the Enggano cuckoo-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |