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unknown bird --> Jambu Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
| Subject: | unknown bird --> Jambu Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
| | Poster: | Denise McQuillen (deemac@seidata.com)
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File date : 2001:03:12 17:46:47
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Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Posted Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 18:09:35 -0500 |
Louisville Ky Zoo
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From: Sherri LaBar
Subject: Re: unknown bird2
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 08:14:37 GMT
That's a male Jambu Fruit-dove (the female is almost all green), also known as Crimson-headed Fruit-dove. Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Java.
Sherri
Bangor, PA
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The jambu fruit dove (Ptilinopus jambu) is a smallish colourful fruit dove. It is a resident breeding species in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java. Ptilinopus jambu is a plump small-headed bird with soft feathers and very distinctive colouring including a white eye ring, orange bill and red legs in both male and female birds. The jambu fruit doves inhabit mangrove swamps and lowland rain forests and are also found in secondary woodland. Order: Columbiformes > Family: Columbidae > Genus: Ptilinopus > Species: Ptilinopus jambu
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| this is a jambu fruit dove and it is a male and it weighs 1.5 oz. but i need unique characteristics |
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| the female has purple and brown and green |
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