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Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove

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Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove
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M. mackinlayi
Binomial name
Macropygia mackinlayi
Ramsay, 1878

Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove (Macropygia mackinlayi), also known as the spot-breasted cuckoo-dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.[1] The species is named after Archibald Mackinlay (1850–1924), a Scottish naturalist.[2]

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  2. ^ Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-300-10359-X.