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Macropygia

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Macropygia was named by Swainson (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Columbidae by Meijer et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Macropygia Swainson
2013Macropygia Meijer et al. p. 886
2017Macropygia Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidae
genusMacropygiaSwainson 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Macropygia Swainson 1837
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Macropygia amboinensis Linnaeus 1766 [Amboyna cuckoo-dove]
Macropygia arevarevauupa Steadman 1992
Macropygia mackinlayi Ramsay 1878 [Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove]
Macropygia nigrirostris Salvadori 1876 [black-billed cuckoo-dove]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available