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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
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Beautiful Fruit Dove
Described by
(Temminck, CJ, 1835)

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Taxonomic 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.

See all 350 species of the family Columbidae