Purple-capped Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus ponapensisFinsch, FHO, 1878
English (US) Purple-capped Fruit Dove
The Purple-capped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus ponapensis) 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: Caroline Islands (Chuuk and Pohnpei)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus ponapensis
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple-capped Fruit Dove
- Described by
- Finsch, FHO, 1878
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilonopus ponapensis
- Described by
- Finsch, FHO, 1878
- Type locality
- Ponape, Caroline Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877, pt.4 p.779
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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