Purple-capped fruit dove
The purple-capped fruit dove or Pohnpei fruit dove (Ptilinopus ponapensis), is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found on Chuuk and Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the crimson-crowned fruit dove.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ptilinopus |
| Species: | P. ponapensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilinopus ponapensis Finsch, 1878 | |
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus ponapensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22728265A94976891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728265A94976891.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.
- Cibois, A., J.-C. Thibault, C. Bonillo, C.E. Filardi, D. Watling, and E. Pasquet. 2014. Phylogeny and biogeography of the fruit doves (Aves: Columbidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 70: 442–453.
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