Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove

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Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Macropygia
Species:
M. mackinlayi
Binomial name
Macropygia mackinlayi
Ramsay, 1878

Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove (Macropygia mackinlayi), also known as the spot-breasted cuckoo-dove, is a

International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species.[1]

Taxonomy

The species is named after the Scottish

naturalist Archibald Mackinlay.[2]

Description

The Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove is a small greyish brown or reddish brown cuckoo-dove; these two distinct color morphs are unique among pigeons.

Macropygia amboinensis).[5]

The Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove is similar in appearance to the

underparts. In females of that species, the breast is barred with black above and across, and the breast feathers do not bifurcate.[5]

It is also similar to the bar-tailed cuckoo-dove (Macropygia nigrirostris) which is slightly larger than it is and has richer reddish brown plumage but not the paler head and underparts of the Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove. The underparts of the female bar-tailed cuckoo-dove are rufous-buff but the feathers are not bifurcated and the breast lacks the black speckling of Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove.[5]

Status and conservation

Since 1998, the Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove has been rated as a species of 

IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. This is because it has a very large range—more than 20,000 km2 (7,700 mi2)—and because it has a stable population trend. Also, although its population numbers have not been determined, they are thought to be above 10,000, which is above the criterion to warrant a vulnerable rating. It is thought to be commonly found on most islands of its range, but it is rarely found on New Britain and on Aneityum. There are no major threats thought to be to this species.[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690584A93278553.en
    . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ISBN 0-300-10359-X
    .
  3. ISBN 9781408152461
    .
  4. ^ Baptista, L.F.; Trail, P.W.; Horblit, H.M. (2017). del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David A; de Juana, Eduardo (eds.). "Mackinlay's Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia mackinlayi)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  5. ^
    ISBN 9781408135556
    .

External links
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