Lilac-crowned fruit dove

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Lilac-crowned fruit dove
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. rarotongensis
Binomial name
Ptilinopus rarotongensis
Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871
Subspecies
  • P. r. rarotongensis – 1871
  • P. r. goodwini – 1974

The lilac-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus rarotongensis), also known as the Rarotonga fruit-dove [1] or Cook Islands fruit-dove, [2] [3] is one of over 50 species of Ptilinopus (the fruit doves or fruit pigeons). [4]

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Taxonomy and systematics

The lilac-crowned fruit dove occurs in the Cook Islands and is split into two subspecies. [4]

Status

Due to the lilac-crowned fruit dove occurring only on two small islands now, they are at risk from sudden storms. The population is seen as stable, but is no larger than 2,500 individuals. The IUCN categorized the dove as "Near Threatened" as of 2021. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2021). "Ptilinopus rarotongensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T22691465A196449443. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ptilinopus rarotongensis". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Avibase . Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Cook Islands Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis". ebird.org. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  4. 1 2 "Downloadable Checklist – Clements Checklist". www.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-09.


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