Amboyna cuckoo-dove
| Amboyna cuckoo-dove | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Macropygia |
| Species: | M. amboinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Macropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Columba amboinensis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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 Latin binomial of the former species.[1]