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Alternative name: Reddish Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia tenuirostris
Photo by Bobby6425
Location: Manila, Philippines

Identification

Distribution

Philippines and Taiwan

Taxonomy

Four subspecies recognized[1]:

  • M. t. phaea on Batan and Calayan (Philippines) and Taiwan
  • M. t. septentrionalis on Batan, Itbayat and Sabtan Islands (northern Philippines); Lanyu Island
  • M. t. tenuirostris in the Philippines
  • M. t. borneensis in northern Borneo

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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