Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Cuckoo-dove; Little

Saturday, 13 August 2016

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

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 7,640,000km²
  Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : 27–30 cm; 74–88 g

Subspecies (8) and Distribution

Macropygia ruficeps assimilis (A. O. Hume, 1874, Tenasserim hills northeast of Moulmein)
– E and S Myanmar (S Shan States and Kayah S to Tenasserim) and SC China (S Yunnan) to W, NW and NE Thailand.
Macropygia ruficeps engelbachi (Delacour, 1928, Xieng Khouang, 4000 feet, Laos)
– NW Vietnam (W Tonkin) and N Laos.
Macropygia ruficeps malayana (Chasen & Kloss, 1931, Semangko Pass, Selangor-Pahang Boundary, 2500-4500 feet, Federated Malay States)
– Peninsular Malaysia.
Macropygia ruficeps simalurensis (Richmond, 1902, Simalur Island, off the west coast of Sumatra)
– Simeulue (off NW Sumatra).
Macropygia ruficeps sumatrana (Robinson & Kloss, 1919, Gunong Talaman, 4250 feet, Ophir district, western Sumatra)
– Sumatra.
Macropygia ruficeps nana (Stresemann, 1913, Kina Balu, 3000 feet, Borneo)
– Borneo, including Sibatik I.
Macropygia ruficeps ruficeps (Temminck, 1835, Java and Sumatra, restricted type locality, Java)
– Java and Bali.
Macropygia ruficeps orientalis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1896, Tambora, 3000 feet, Sumbawa)
– Lesser Sundas, on Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Sumba, Pantar, Alor and Timor.