Blue-capped Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus monacha(Temminck, CJ, 1824)
English (US) Blue-capped Fruit Dove
The Blue-capped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus monacha) 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: Morotai to Obi (northern Moluccas) and Damar (northeastern Lesser Sundas)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus monacha
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-capped Fruit Dove
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba monacha
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
- Type locality
- Celebes, error = Halmahera.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.43, vol.4 pl.253
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Coroneted Fruit Dove
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Beautiful Fruit Dove
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White-bibbed Fruit Dove
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Geelvink Fruit Dove
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Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove
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Claret-breasted Fruit Dove
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White-headed Fruit Dove
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Orange-bellied Fruit Dove
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