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Red-bellied Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus greyiBonaparte, CLJL, 1857

English (US) Red-bellied Fruit Dove

The Red-bellied Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus greyi) 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: Ndai (south-central Solomon Islands), Temotu (southeastern Solomon Islands), and Vanuatu to New Caledonia (including Loyalty Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Ptilinopus greyi
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Red-bellied Fruit Dove
Described by
Bonaparte, CLJL, 1857

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Ptilinopus greyii
Described by
Bonaparte, CLJL, 1857
Type locality
Isle of Pines and Loyalty Islands.
Original description
Iconographie des pigeons non figurés par Mme Knip (Mlle Pauline Decourcelles) dans les deux volumes de MM. Temminck et Florent Prévost, ouvrage servant d'illustration a son Histoire Naturelle des Pigeons pl.20

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 350 species of the family Columbidae