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Pigeons: Carpophaga magnifica = Ptilinopus magnificus (wompoo fruit dove)
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Pigeons: Carpophaga magnifica = Ptilinopus magnificus (wompoo fruit dove)


Carpophaga magnifica syn. Ptilinopus magnificus
Magnificent Fruit Pigeon
Native to Australia

Pigeons by Prideaux John Selby.

Date 1845?
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6976182765
Author Andrew Crichton; Prideaux John Selby
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20191704
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APigeons_%28Plate_6%29_%286976182765%29.jpg

The wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), also known as wompoo pigeon, is one of the larger fruit doves native to New Guinea and eastern Australia. The wompoo fruit dove can be seen in large flocks where food is abundant. Ptilinopus magnificus has purple plumage around its neck, chest and upper belly. Its lower belly is yellow and it has green underparts.

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus magnificus Temminck, 1821
Synonyms: Megaloprepia magnificus, Palumbes magnifica

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