Ruddy cuckoo-dove

Ruddy cuckoo-dove
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Macropygia
Species:	M. emiliana
Binomial name
Macropygia emiliana Bonaparte, 1854
Subspecies
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The ruddy cuckoo-dove (Macropygia emiliana) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was split from the slender-billed cuckoo-dove in 2003 and is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. It has two remaining sub-species:

• M. e. emiliana Bonaparte, 1854 - Java to western Lesser Sunda Islands
• M. e. megala Siebers, 1929 - Kangean Islands

Five former subspecies of the ruddy cuckoo-dove were reassigned by the IOU in 2016:

• M. e. cinnamomea Salvadori, 1892 - Enggano Island was split from the ruddy cuckoo-dove as the Enggano cuckoo-dove.
• M. e. borneensis Robinson & Kloss, 1921 - northern Borneo is now provisionally considered a subspecies of the Philippine cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris borneensis).
• M. e. modiglianii Salvadori, 1887 - western Sumatran islands is now considered a subspecies of the Barusan cuckoo-dove.
• M. e. elassa Oberholser, 1912 - Mentawai Islands is now considered a subspecies of the Barusan cuckoo-dove.
• M. e. hypopercna Oberholser, 1912 - Simeulue Island is now considered a subspecies of the Barusan cuckoo-dove.

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