Reinwardtoena
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Reinwardtoena is a small genus of doves. It includes 3 species.
  • Great Cuckoo-Dove
    Great Cuckoo-dove
    The Great Cuckoo-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.The cuckoo-dove makes its nest in rock gorges near waterfalls, and their calls are the two-part wok-wu, heard above the sounds of the water...

    , Reinwardtoena reinwardtii
  • Pied Cuckoo-Dove
    Pied Cuckoo-dove
    The Pied Cuckoo-Dove is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Formerly classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN, it was suspected to be rarer than generally assumed...

    , Reinwardtoena browni
  • Crested Cuckoo-Dove
    Crested Cuckoo-dove
    The Crested Cuckoo-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands....

    , Reinwardtoena crassirostris


The name of this genus commemorates the German naturalist Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist.Reinwardt was the founder and first director of agriculture of the botanic garden at Bogor in Java...

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