White-faced cuckoo-dove

For the species alternatively named white-faced dove in the genus Leptotila, see Yungas dove.
White-faced cuckoo-dove
White-faced cuckoo-dove at Mount Mahawu, North Sulawesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Turacoena
Species: T. manadensis
Binomial name
Turacoena manadensis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Synonyms

Sulawesi black pigeon

The white-faced cuckoo-dove (Turacoena manadensis), also known as the white-faced dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi and the Togian Islands in Indonesia. The Sula cuckoo-dove was previously considered conspecific.

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