''Macropygia'' is a genus of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the pigeon and dove

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Columbidae Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

. The genus is one of three genera known as cuckoo-doves. They are long tailed, range between 27 and 45 cm in length and have brown

plumage Plumage ( "feather") is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage differ between species and subspecies and may vary with age classes. Within species, ...

. The genus ranges from

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and

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through

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and the

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and

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. The genus ''Macropygia'' was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist

William John Swainson William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist. Life Swainson was born in Dover Place, St Mary Newington, London, the eldest son of ...

. The name combines the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

''makros'' meaning "long" or "deep" and "-pugios" meaning "-rumped"). The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

is the

brown cuckoo-dove The brown cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia phasianella'') is a dove in the genus ''Macropygia'' found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega, New South Wales, Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton, Queensland, Atherton and Too ...

(''Macropygia phasianella''). The genus contains the following 15 species: *

Barred cuckoo-dove The barred cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia unchall'') is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Taxonomy German herpetologist Johann Georg Wagler first d ...

(''Macropygia unchall'') *

Amboyna cuckoo-dove The Amboyna cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia amboinensis'') is a dove in the genus ''Macropygia'' found in the Moluccas and New Guinea. It was one of three new species defined when the slender-billed cuckoo-dove was split up in 2016 and retains the Lat ...

(''Macropygia amboinensis'') *

Sultan's cuckoo-dove Sultan's cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia doreya'') is a dove in the genus ''Macropygia'' found in the northern Moluccas, Sulawesi to New Guinea and the western Papuan islands. It was one of three new species defined when the slender-billed cuckoo-dove ...

(''Macropygia doreya'') *

Ruddy cuckoo-dove The ruddy cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia emiliana'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a medium-sized, reddish brown cuckoo-dove, found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. It is rated as a species of least concern on the Internatio ...

(''Macropygia emiliana'') * Enggano cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia cinnamomea'') *

Barusan cuckoo-dove The Barusan cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia modiglianii'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found on three of the western Sumatran islands. The Barusan cuckoo-dove was formerly considered as a subspecies of the ruddy cuckoo-dove. ...

(''Macropygia modiglianii'') *

Timor cuckoo-dove The Timor cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia magna'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Timor, Wetar and the eastern Lesser Sundas. It was previously lumped together with the Tanimbar cuckoo-dove and the Flores Sea cuckoo-dove ...

(''Macropygia magna'') *

Tanimbar cuckoo-dove The Tanimbar cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia timorlaoensis'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia. It was previously grouped together with the Timor cuckoo-dove and the Flores Sea cuckoo-dov ...

(''Macropygia timorlaoensis'') *

Flores Sea cuckoo-dove The Flores Sea cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia macassariensis'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found on Sulawesi, Tanakeke and Selayar Islands, Selayar Islands, and some of the eastern Lesser Sundas. It was previously lumped toge ...

(''Macropygia macassariensis'') *

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 Re ...

(''Macropygia tenuirostris'') *

Brown cuckoo-dove The brown cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia phasianella'') is a dove in the genus ''Macropygia'' found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega, New South Wales, Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton, Queensland, Atherton and Too ...

(''Macropygia phasianella'') *

Andaman cuckoo-dove The Andaman cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia rufipennis'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and ...

(''Macropygia rufipennis'') *

Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove The bar-tailed cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia nigrirostris'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is native to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It is rated as a species of least concern on the International Unio ...

(''Macropygia nigrirostris'') * MacKinlay's cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia mackinlayi'') *

Little cuckoo-dove The little cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia ruficeps'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a reddish brown pigeon, and is found in Brunei, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is rated as a species of&n ...

(''Macropygia ruficeps'') Extinct species: * †

Huahine cuckoo-dove The Huahine cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia arevarevauupa'') is an extinct species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was endemic to French Polynesia where subfossil bones between 750 and 1250 years old have been found at the Fa'ahia early occupatio ...

(''Macropygia arevarevauupa''), from

Huahine Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands group ''(Îles sous le Vent).'' At the 2017 census it had a population of 6,075. ...

in the

Society Islands The Society Islands (french: Îles de la Société, officially ''Archipel de la Société;'' ty, Tōtaiete mā) are an archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean. Politically, they are part of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the F ...

French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui" , image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of Frenc ...

* † Marquesan cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia heana'') from the

Marquesas Islands The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' ( North Marquesan) and ' ( South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in th ...

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