Little Cuckoo-dove

Order - Columbiformes
Family - Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Little Cuckoo-dove

Macropygia ruficeps

棕头鹃鸠 (zōng-tóu juān-jiū) / 小赤鹃鸠 (xiǎo chì juān-jiū)

    Malay : Tekukur-Api Biasa

    Japanese : ヒメオナガバト (hime o-naga bato)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 姫尾長鳩

    Size : 27–30 cm; 74–88 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Macropygia ruficeps assimilis (A. O. Hume, 1874)
  – E & S Myanmar (S Shan States and Kayah S to Tenasserim) and SC China
  (S Yunnan) to W, NW & NE Thailand.
• Macropygia ruficeps engelbachi (Delacour, 1928)
  – NW Vietnam (W Tonkin) and N Laos.
• Macropygia ruficeps malayana (Chasen & Kloss, 1931)
  – Peninsular Malaysia.
• Macropygia ruficeps simalurensis (Richmond, 1902)
  – Simeulue (off NW Sumatra).
• Macropygia ruficeps sumatrana (Robinson & Kloss, 1919)
  – Sumatra.
• Macropygia ruficeps nana (Stresemann, 1913)
  – Borneo, including Sibatik I.
• Macropygia ruficeps ruficeps (Temminck, 1835)
  – Java and Bali.
• Macropygia ruficeps orientalis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1896)
  – Lesser Sundas, on Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Sumba, Pantar, Alor and Timor.

Macropygia ruficeps ssp. malayana

Date : 05 August 2022

Location : Jalan Strawberry Park, Mukim Brinchang,
Daerah Cameron Highlands, Pahang

Macropygia ruficeps ssp. malayana

Date : 04 December 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Macropygia ruficeps ssp. malayana

Date : 04 December 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Macropygia ruficeps ssp. malayana

Date : 04 December 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Macropygia ruficeps ssp. malayana

Date : 12 August 2016

Location : Jalan Strawberry Park, Mukim Brinchang,
Daerah Cameron Highlands, Pahang

Macropygia ruficeps ssp. malayana
Date : 12 August 2016
Location : Jalan Strawberry Park, Mukim Brinchang,
Daerah Cameron Highlands, Pahang