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Macropygia

  • Barred Cuckoo-Dove

    Barred Cuckoo-Dove 
    (Gầm ghì vằn, Macropygia unchall) 

    The barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) is a bird species in the family Columbidae.

    Columbidae, Columba: Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).
    Macropygia: the Ancient Greek makros meaning "long" or "deep" and "-pugios" meaning "-rumped").
    unchall: The inhabitants of Java called the cuckoo-doves Burong-unchall.

  • Macropygia

    Macropygia is a genus of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. The genus is one of three genera known as cuckoo-doves.
    Columbidae, Columba: Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).
    Macropygia: the Ancient Greek makros meaning "long" or "deep" and "-pugios" meaning "-rumped").

    1/ Little cuckoo-dove (Gầm ghì đầu hung, Macropygia ruficeps) 
    2/ Barred cuckoo-dove (Gầm ghì vằn, Macropygia unchall) 

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