Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove
| Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Macropygia |
| Species: | M. mackinlayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Macropygia mackinlayi Ramsay, 1878 | |
Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove (Macropygia mackinlayi), also known as the spot-breasted cuckoo-dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.[1] The species is named after Archibald Mackinlay (1850–1924), a Scottish naturalist.[2]
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Macropygia mackinlayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-300-10359-X.
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