Kosrae fruit dove

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Kosrae fruit dove
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. hernsheimi
Binomial name
Ptilinopus hernsheimi
Finsch, 1880

The Kosrae fruit dove (Ptilinopus hernsheimi), is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found on Kosrae in the Micronesian Islands. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the crimson-crowned fruit dove. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus hernsheimi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22728074A94970005. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728074A94970005.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.