Pink-headed Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus porphyreus(Temminck, CJ, 1822)
English (US) Pink-headed Fruit Dove
The Pink-headed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus) 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: montane forest of southern Sumatra, Java, and BaliRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus porphyreus
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pink-headed Fruit Dove
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba porphyrea
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1822)
- Type locality
- Sunda Islands and the Moluccas = Java.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.18, vol.4 pl.106
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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