Amboyna cuckoo-dove

Amboyna cuckoo-dove
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Macropygia
Species:
M. amboinensis
Binomial name
Macropygia amboinensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Subspecies

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Synonyms

Columba amboinensis Linnaeus, 1766

The Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Macropygia amboinensis) is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in the Moluccas and New Guinea. It was one of three new species defined when the slender-billed cuckoo-dove was split up in 2016 and retains the Latin binomial of the former species.[1]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Macropygia amboinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690561A93277640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690561A93277640.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.