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Macropygia phasianella · Family Columbidae
Macropygia phasianella
Family Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 144,443
- Countries and territories with records
- 6
About this species
This species has 144,443 occurrence records from 6 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.4% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Macropygia phasianella combines the genus name Macropygia with the species epithet phasianella. The Warbla app catalog lists 15 species of the genus Macropygia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Macropygia ruficeps, Macropygia unchall and Macropygia amboinensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 37th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 48.7% of the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.