Macropygia
Macropygia is a genus of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. 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. The genus now ranges from India and China through Indonesia and the Philippines to Vanuatu and Australia, though they originated from North and South America.
The genus Macropygia was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson. The name combines the Ancient Greek makros meaning "long" or "deep" and "-pugios" meaning "-rumped"). The type species is the brown cuckoo-dove.
The genus contains the following 15 species:
- Barred cuckoo-dove
- Amboyna cuckoo-dove
- Sultan's cuckoo-dove
- Ruddy cuckoo-dove
- Enggano cuckoo-dove
- Barusan cuckoo-dove
- Timor cuckoo-dove
- Tanimbar cuckoo-dove
- Flores Sea cuckoo-dove
- Philippine cuckoo-dove
- Brown cuckoo-dove
- Andaman cuckoo-dove
- Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove
- Spot-breasted cuckoo-dove
- Little cuckoo-dove
- † Huahine cuckoo-dove, from Huahine in the Society Islands of French Polynesia; the youngest evidence of presence was dated 750 and 1250 years old
- † Marquesan cuckoo-dove from the Marquesas Islands