Little cuckoo-dove
(Gầm ghì đầu hung, Macropygia ruficeps)
The little cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
The bird is a reddish brown pigeon, and is found in Brunei, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Macropygia is a genus of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. The genus is one of three genera known as cuckoo-doves.
Columbidae, Columba: Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).
Macropygia: the Ancient Greek makros meaning "long" or "deep" and "-pugios" meaning "-rumped").
Ruficeps is a Latin term meaning "red-headed," derived from rufus ("red," "ruddy") and -ceps (from caput, meaning "head").











