LC
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris



Taxonomy

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
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2022 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 medium
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 2,680,000 km2
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend decreasing - suspected -
Generation length 5.6 years - - -
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation 1-89% - - -

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
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Indonesia extant native yes
Malaysia extant native yes
Philippines extant native yes
Taiwan, China extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest suitable resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland major resident
Altitude 0 - 1600 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Utilisation
Purpose Scale
Food - human subsistence

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 14/12/2024.
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 14/12/2024.