Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove

Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove
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. 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.
  2. 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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