Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic note
Closely related to M. rufipennis, M. emiliana, M. magna, M. amboinensis and M. phasianella, and all six sometimes considered conspecific; present species perhaps closest to M. emiliana or M. phasianella, having at times been listed as a subspecies of one or other; species limits of group poorly understood, and further study required in order to clarify precise relationships within this whole complex. Birds of Batan sometimes separated as subspecies septentrionalis. Subspecies borneensis previously included with M. emiliana (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) but now included with this species following Ng et al. (2016). Three subspecies recognized.
Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
medium |
Land-mass type |
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Average mass |
- |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as usually scarce to locally common (Gibbs et al. 2001, Eaton et al. 2021).
Trend justification: The population size of this species is precautionarily suspected of declining due to ongoing forest loss in its range (Global Forest Watch 2022, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein). However, the rate of forest cover loss is slow (<2% in the three generations to 2021; per Global forest Watch [2022]) and it is adaptable to wooded cultivation in some parts of its range (eBird 2022). Consequently the rate of decline is expected to be slow.
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/philippine-cuckoo-dove-macropygia-tenuirostris on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.