Wallace's Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus wallaciiGray, GR, 1858
English (US) Wallace's Fruit Dove
The Wallace's Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) 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: southern Moluccas including Kai Islands, and lowlands of southwestern New Guinea, including Aru islands (off southwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus wallacii
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wallace's Fruit Dove
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1858
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilonopus Wallacii
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1858
- Type locality
- Aru Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.358 p.185 pl.136
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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