Turacoena

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Turacoena
File:Turacoena manadensis.JPG
White-faced cuckoo-dove (Turacoena manadensis) in North Sulawesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Columbinae
Genus: Turacoena
Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Columba manadensis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Species

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Turacoena is a small genus of doves in the family Columbidae that are found in Indonesia.

The genus was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[1] The type species is the white-faced cuckoo-dove (Turacoena manadensis).[2][3] The name Turacoena combines the genus name Turacus introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1800 and the Ancient Greek oinas meaning "pigeon".[4]

The genus includes just 3 species.[5]

Genus Turacoena Bonaparte, 1854 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
White-faced cuckoo-dove

File:Turacoena manadensis.JPG

Turacoena manadensis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Sulawesi and the Togian Islands in Indonesia. Size:

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 LC 


Sula cuckoo-dove


Turacoena sulaensis
Forbes & Robinson, 1900
Sula Islands and the Banggai Archipelago, Indonesia Size:

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 LC 


Black cuckoo-dove

File:Turacoena modesta 332868415.jpg

Turacoena modesta
(Temminck, 1835)
Lesser Sunda Islands and is found on Timor, Wetar, Rote, and Atauro Size:

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 NT 



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