Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove

Taxonomy

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae

Genus

Macropygia

eBird Code

sbcdov1

Subspecies (9)

• Macropygia amboinensis admiralitatis

  Admiralty Islands (western Bismarck Archipelago)

• Macropygia amboinensis amboinensis

  southern Moluccas (Buru, Seram, Ambon, and Seram Laut)

• Macropygia amboinensis carteretia

  Bismarck Archipelago (except Admiralty Islands)

• Macropygia amboinensis cinereiceps

  New Guinea east of the Bird's Neck, including Biak and Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea), and D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)

• Macropygia amboinensis cunctata

  Louisiade Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)

• Macropygia amboinensis griseinucha

  Mios Num (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Macropygia amboinensis keyensis

  Kai Islands (southeastern Moluccas)

• Macropygia amboinensis maforensis

  Numfor (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea); population on Biak not identified to subspecies, but vocally is similar to maforensis, and birds on Yapen Island presumably are the same subspecies as birds on Biak

• Macropygia amboinensis meeki

  Manam Island (off northeastern New Guinea)