Whistling Dove
Ptilinopus layardiElliot, DG, 1878
English (US) Whistling Dove
The Whistling Dove (Ptilinopus layardi) 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: southwestern Fiji (Kadavu and Ono)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus layardi
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Whistling Dove
- Described by
- Elliot, DG, 1878
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Elliot, DG, 1878
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878, pt.3 p.567
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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