The Sula cuckoo-dove (''Turacoena sulaensis''), is a species 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 family

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 ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to the

Sula Islands The Sula Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Sula) is one of the regencies in North Maluku province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 3,338.67 km2 and consists of two of the three large islands comprising the Sula Archipelago, together w ...

and the Banggai Archipelago in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. Prior to 2016, it was considered a subspecies of the

white-faced cuckoo dove The white-faced cuckoo-dove (''Turacoena manadensis''), also known as the white-faced dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi and the Togian Islands in Indonesia. The Sula cuckoo-dove The Sula cuckoo-d ...

References

*Ng, N.S.R., and F.E. Rheindt. 2016. Species delimitation in the White‑faced Cuckoo‑dove (Turacoena manadensis) based on bioacoustic data. Avian Research 7: 2. Sula cuckoo-dove Birds of the Sula Islands Sula cuckoo-dove {{Columbiformes-stub