| Oberholser's fruit dove | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ramphiculus |
| Species: | R. gularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramphiculus gularis | |
| Synonyms | |
Ptilinopus epius Oberholser, 1918 | |
Oberholser's fruit dove (Ramphiculus gularis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was formerly named P. epius, but it has since been revised to the earlier name P. gularis. [1] [2] It is endemic to Sulawesi. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Oberholser's fruit dove was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus . A molecular genetic study published in 2014 found that the fruit dove genus Ptilinopus was paraphyletic. [3] In a move towards creating monophyletic genera, nine species including Oberholser's fruit dove were moved from Ptilinopus to Ramphiculus . [4]
