This cuckoo-dove occurs on islands of Indonesia. A 2016 study treats the Tanahjampea and Kalaotoa populations as subspecies longa and describes its plumage separately.
The 2016 study quotes a description of subspecies longa as pale gray-brown, with a pale buff throat and pale creamy-buff underparts barred blackish-gray.
The species page's ecological synthesis lists forest and dense habitats and a fruit diet.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.