Crimson-crowned fruit dove

The crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

Crimson-crowned fruit dove
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. porphyraceus
Binomial name
Ptilinopus porphyraceus
(Temminck, 1821)
Subspecies

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Taxonomy and systematics

Until 2016, both the purple-capped fruit dove and the Kosrae fruit dove were also considered as subspecies of the crimson-crowned fruit dove. The crimson-crowned fruit dove has two remaining sub-species:

  • P. p. porphyraceus - (Temminck, 1821): Found on Niue, Tonga and Fiji Islands
  • P. p. fasciatus - Peale, 1848: Found on Samoa

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ptilinopus porphyraceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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