''Macropygia'' is a genus of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

in the pigeon and dove

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Columbidae Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

. 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 Plumage ( "feather") is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage differ between species and subspecies and may vary with age classes. Within species, ...

. The genus ranges from

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and China through

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and the

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and Australia. The genus ''Macropygia'' was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist

William John Swainson William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist. Life Swainson was born in Dover Place, St Mary Newington, London, the eldest son of ...

. The name combines the

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''makros'' meaning "long" or "deep" and "-pugios" meaning "-rumped"). The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

is the

brown cuckoo-dove The brown cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia phasianella'') is a dove in the genus '' Macropygia'' found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba. It is sometimes called the "brown ...

(''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 The Enggano cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia cinnamomea'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Enggano Island in Indonesia. Until 2016, it was considered a subspecies of the ruddy cuckoo-dove The ruddy cuckoo-dove (''Macro ...

(''Macropygia cinnamomea'') * Barusan cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia modiglianii'') *

Timor cuckoo-dove The Timor cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia magna'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Timor, Wetar and the eastern Lesser Sundas. It was previously lumped together with the Tanimbar cuckoo-dove and the Flores Sea cuckoo-dove ...

(''Macropygia magna'') *

Tanimbar cuckoo-dove The Tanimbar cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia timorlaoensis'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia. It was previously grouped together with the Timor cuckoo-dove and the Flores Sea cuckoo-dov ...

(''Macropygia timorlaoensis'') *

Flores Sea cuckoo-dove The Flores Sea cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia macassariensis'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found on Sulawesi, Tanakeke and Selayar Islands, and some of the eastern Lesser Sundas. It was previously lumped together with the Ta ...

(''Macropygia macassariensis'') * Philippine cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia tenuirostris'') *

Brown cuckoo-dove The brown cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia phasianella'') is a dove in the genus '' Macropygia'' found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba. It is sometimes called the "brown ...

(''Macropygia phasianella'') * Andaman cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia rufipennis'') * Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia nigrirostris'') * MacKinlay's cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia mackinlayi'') * Little cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia ruficeps'') Extinct species: * † Huahine cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia arevarevauupa''), from

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in the

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* †

Marquesan cuckoo-dove The Marquesas cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia heana''), also referred to as the Marquesan cuckoo-dove, is an extinct species of bird in the pigeon family. It was endemic to the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. It was described from subfossil ...

(''Macropygia heana'') from the

Marquesas Islands The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' (North Marquesan) and ' (South Marquesan Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of ...

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