Beautiful Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus pulchellus(Temminck, CJ, 1835)
English (US) Beautiful Fruit Dove
The Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) 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: New Guinea including western Papuan islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Beautiful Fruit Dove
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1835)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba pulchella
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1835)
- Type locality
- Lobe Bay, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.95, vol.4 pl.564
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Blue-capped Fruit Dove
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White-bibbed Fruit Dove
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Claret-breasted Fruit Dove
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White-headed Fruit Dove
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