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Macropygia

Macropygia
Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove.jpg
Slender-billed cuckoo-dove, New Guinea.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Macropygia
Swainson, 1837
Species

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Macropygia is a genus of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. The genus is one of three genera known as cuckoo-doves. They are long tailed, range between 27–45 cm in length and have brown plumage. The genus ranges from India and China through Indonesia and the Philippines to Vanuatu and Australia.

It contains the following living species:

Extinct species:


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