Yellow-bibbed fruit dove

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Yellow-bibbed fruit dove
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. solomonensis
Binomial name
Ptilinopus solomonensis
Gray, 1870

The yellow-bibbed fruit dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in the Bismarck and Solomon Islands archipelagos. The Geelvink fruit dove (P. speciosus) was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ptilinopus solomonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.


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