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Ptilinopus magnificus assimilis (wompoo fruit dove), Torresian imperial pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
Subject: Ptilinopus magnificus assimilis (wompoo fruit dove), Torresian imperial pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
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The birds of Australia (16242714604) - Ptilinopus magnificus assimilis (wompoo fruit dove), Torresian imperial pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa).jpg
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Ptilinopus magnificus assimilis (wompoo fruit dove), Torresian imperial pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)


G.J. Broinowski
a. Megaloprepia assimilis (Bonap.) Allied Fruit Pigeon
b. Myristicivora spilorrhoa (Gray.) White Nutmeg Pigeon.
Date 1890
Author Gracius J. Broinowski (Gracius Joseph Broinowski)
Full title The birds of Australia,
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a. Megaloprepia assimilis (Bonap.) Allied Fruit Pigeon. ( == Ptilinopus magnificus assimilis)

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

b. Myristicivora spilorrhoa (Gray.) White Nutmeg Pigeon. ( == Ducula spilorrhoa)
The Torresian imperial pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa), also known as the nutmeg pigeon, white nutmeg pigeon, Australian pied imperial pigeon or Torres Strait pigeon, is a relatively large, pied species of pigeon. It is found in forest, woodland, savanna, mangrove and scrub in Australia, New Guinea, Aru Islands, islands in the Geelvink Bay, D'Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago.
Order: Columbiformes > Family: Columbidae > Genus: Ducula > Species: Ducula spilorrhoa

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