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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
IUCN Red List
Endangered
English (US)
Raiatea Fruit Dove
Described by
Gray, GR, 1854

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Taxonomic 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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