Coroneted fruit dove

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Coroneted fruit dove
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. coronulatus
Binomial name
Ptilinopus coronulatus
Gray, 1858

The coroneted fruit dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus), also known as the lilac-capped fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, particularly in hilly terrain. [2] The bird is characterised by a distinctive crest or "coronet" of feathers on its head and has a distinctive, low-pitched call. [3] The Coroneted Fruit Dove is a brightly coloured bird with a green head, neck and breast, and a yellow belly. [4]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus coronulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22691420A93311847. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691420A93311847.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Diamond, Jared; Bishop, K. David; Sneider, Richard (2019-10-10). "An avifaunal double suture zone at the Bird's Neck Isthmus of New Guinea". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 131 (3): 435. doi:10.1676/18-167. ISSN   1559-4491.
  3. Zoological Society of London.; London, Zoological Society of; London, Zoological Society of (1858). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.]
  4. Baptista, Luis F.; Trail, Pepper W.; Horblit, H. M.; Garcia, Ernest (2020). "Coroneted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.cofdov1.01.