Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia macassariensis) | Details

Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia macassariensis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Following extensive museum work appraising morphological differences, in addition to differences in vocalisations (Ng et al. 2016, Eaton et al. 2016) , Dusky Cuckoo-dove has been split into Timor Cuckoo-dove M. magna, Flores Sea Cuckoo-dove M. macassariensis and Tanimbar Cuckoo-dove M. timorlaoensis.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2019. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 4. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v4_Dec19.zip.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	unset
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	21,100 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: There is no population data available for this species, however it was described as common on Kalaotoa island (Gibbs et al. 2001).

Trend justification: In the absence of evidence of significant declines or threats to this species, the population is believed to be stable.

Country/territory distribution

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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia macassariensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/flores-sea-cuckoo-dove-macropygia-macassariensis on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.