Raiatea Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus chrysogasterGray, GR, 1854
English (US) Raiatea Fruit Dove
The Raiatea Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus chrysogaster) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: western Society Islands (Bora Bora, Tahaa, Huahine, and Maupiti)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus chrysogaster
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Raiatea Fruit Dove
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1854
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilonopus chrysogaster
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1854
- Type locality
- 'Probably from Tahiti' = Raiatea, Society Islands, designated by Murphy, Am. Mus. Novit., no. 115, p. 6.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.21, no.250 p.48 pl.54
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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