Grey-headed fruit dove

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Grey-headed fruit dove
Ptilinopus hyogastrus head 1899.jpg
Ptilinopus hyogastrus Naturhistorisches Museum (MoNH) Vienna.jpg
Specimen in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. hyogastrus
Binomial name
Ptilinopus hyogastrus
(Temminck, 1824)

The grey-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the northern Moluccas.

Habitat[]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Description[]

It is mostly green except for a grey head, red eyes and black yellow-tipped beak.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ptilinopus hyogastrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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