Barusan cuckoo-dove

Barusan cuckoo-dove
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Macropygia
Species:
M. modiglianii
Binomial name
Macropygia modiglianii
Salvadori, 1887
Subspecies

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The Barusan cuckoo-dove (Macropygia modiglianii) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found on three of the western Sumatran islands.

The Barusan cuckoo-dove was formerly considered as a subspecies of the ruddy cuckoo-dove. It was promoted to species status based on the results of an acoustic study published in 2016.[1][2]

Three subspecies are recognised, each endemic to a specific island:[2]

  1. ^ Ng, E.Y.X.; Eaton, J.A.; Verbelen, P.; Hutchinson, R.O.; Rheindt, F.E. (2016). "Using bioacoustic data to test species limits in an Indo-Pacific island radiation of Macropygia cuckoo doves". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 118 (4): 786–812. doi:10.1111/bij.12768.
  2. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 March 2020.