Macropygia
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Macropygia amboinensis
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Macropygia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – certain cuckoo-doves of south and east Asia and Australia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Columbimorphae - clade; Columbiformes - order; Columbidae - family; Columbinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Macropygia amboinensis, Macropygia emiliana, Macropygia mackinlayi, Macropygia magna, Macropygia nigrirostris, Macropygia phasianella, Macropygia ruficeps, Macropygia rufipennis, Macropygia tenuirostris, Macropygia unchall - species
References
Macropygia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Macropygia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Macropygia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
