Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (8)
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 5, 2018
Text last updated November 5, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tórtora cucut menuda |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小鹃鸠 |
| Czech | holub světleoký |
| Dutch | Kleine Koekoeksduif |
| English | Little Cuckoo-Dove |
| English (United States) | Little Cuckoo-Dove |
| French | Phasianelle à tête rousse |
| French (France) | Phasianelle à tête rousse |
| German | Sundataube |
| Indonesian | Uncal kouran |
| Japanese | ヒメオナガバト |
| Norwegian | nymfegjøkdue |
| Polish | kasztanówka mała |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rola-cuco-pequena |
| Russian | Малая кукушковая горлица |
| Serbian | Mali kukavičji golub |
| Slovak | hrdlica klinochvostá |
| Spanish | Tórtola Cuco Chica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tórtola cuco chica |
| Swedish | mindre gökduva |
| Thai | นกเขาลายเล็ก |
| Turkish | Küçük Guguk Kumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Горлиця яванська |
Macropygia ruficeps (Temminck, 1835)
PROTONYM:
Columba ruficeps
Temminck, 1835. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.95, pl.561.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Java and Sumatra, restricted type locality, Java.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MACROPYGIA
- ruficeps
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Cuckoo-Dove
