Philippine Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia tenuirostris)
About the Philippine Cuckoo-Dove
The Philippine cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in the Philippines and Taiwan and is rated as a species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species. The Philippine cuckoo-dove was first described by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte in 1854. Formerly, some authorities classified it as a subspecies of either the ruddy cuckoo-dove or the brown cuckoo-dove. It was split from the slender-billed cuckoo-dove in 2016 and has four sub-species recognized: M. t. phaea McGregor, 1904 - Lanyu Island, Batan Island, and Calayan Island M. t. tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854 - Philippines
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 26 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan (China) in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Sultan's Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia doreyarecording
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