Carpophaga magnifica = Ptilinopus magnificus (wompoo fruit dove)

Query: Ptilinopus magnificus

Result: 1^st of 14

Subject:	Carpophaga magnifica = Ptilinopus magnificus (wompoo fruit dove)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

Resolution: 1525x2048 File Size: 610007 Bytes Upload Date: 2023:03:28 13:07:35

Carpophaga magnifica
Date between 1700 and 1880
Artist Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1768–1849)
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Temminck pl. col. 163
Old Latin name Carpophaga magnifica
New Latin name Ptilinopus magnificus
Common name Nederlands: Wompoe-jufferduif
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carpophaga_magnifica_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15600135.tif

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

Ptilinopus magnificus
1/14

^o^ Animal Pictures Archive for smart phones ^o^