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Taxonomic note
Macropygia amboinensis and M. phasianella (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as M. amboinensis following Christidis and Boles (1994). Prior to that, the two taxa had been split following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993). Closely related to M. rufipennis, M. emiliana, M. tenuirostris, M. magna and M. amboinensis, and all six sometimes considered conspecific; various other combinations proposed with present species normally considered to be closest to M. magna and M. amboinensis; species limits poorly understood. Despite recent trend to unite present species with M. amboinensis (Christidis and Boles 2008, Dickinson and Remsen 2013, Higgins and Davies 1996), the split is maintained here on basis of significant differences in size, plumage and apparently voice; further study required on degree of convergence in N Australia (subspecies quinkan) and of vocal distinctiveness of many subspecies within complex; whole complex may be in need of extensive revision. Three subspecies tentatively recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2005	Not Recognised
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	237 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,580,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.59 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as frequent to common (Gibbs et al. 2001). The population is suspected to be stable; it adapts readily to secondary forest and appears little affected by fragmentation (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable; it adapts readily to secondary forest and appears little affected by fragmentation (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-cuckoo-dove-macropygia-phasianella on 18/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 18/12/2024.