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Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove
Macropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove, Macropygia amboinensis, is a pigeon in the family Columbidae found from the central Moluccas through New Guinea to the Bismarck Archipelago. It lives in rainforest, woodland, scrubland and areas of regenerating forest. The species was once treated as part of the sultan’s cuckoo-dove, but was separated in 2016. Males may show a faint rose and green tint on the nape and neck, and some birds have pale underparts, fine dark barring below, or a whitish cap.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Australasia: c Moluccas to New Guinea and Bismarck Arch.
