The white-faced cuckoo-dove (''Turacoena manadensis''), also known as the white-faced dove, is a species 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 family

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 ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

and the Togian Islands in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The

Sula cuckoo-dove The Sula cuckoo-dove (''Turacoena sulaensis''), is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Sula Islands and the Banggai Archipelago in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Sou ...

was previously considered conspecific.

References

Endemic birds of Sulawesi Turacoena Birds described in 1830 Taxa named by Jean René Constant Quoy Taxa named by Joseph Paul Gaimard Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Columbiformes-stub