Crimson-crowned fruit dove
Crimson-crowned fruit dove | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Ptilinopus |
Species: | P. porphyraceus
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Binomial name | |
Ptilinopus porphyraceus (Temminck, 1821)
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Subspecies | |
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The crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
Taxonomy and systematics[]
Until 2016, both the purple-capped fruit dove and the Kosrae fruit dove were also considered as subspecies of the crimson-crowned fruit dove. The crimson-crowned fruit dove has two remaining sub-species:
- P. p. porphyraceus - (Temminck, 1821): Found on Niue, Tonga and Fiji Islands
- P. p. fasciatus - Peale, 1848: Found on Samoa
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ptilinopus porphyraceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Ptilinopus
- Birds of Fiji
- Birds of Tonga
- Birds of the Pacific Ocean
- Birds described in 1821
- Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
- Columbiformes stubs