Ptilonopus humeralis = Ptilinopus iozonus (orange-bellied fruit dove)

Query: large green pigeon

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Ptilonopus humeralis = Ptilinopus iozonus (orange-bellied fruit dove)

Ptilonopus humeralis = Ptilinopus iozonus humeralis (subsp. of orange-bellied fruit dove)
Date 1862
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862 (https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen62zool#page/n228/mode/1up)
Author Joseph Wolf (1820–1899)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PtilonopusHumeralisWolf.jpg

The orange-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus iozonus) is a small (21 cm in length) pigeon with mainly green plumage, distinguished by a large orange patch on the lower breast and belly, a small lilac shoulder patch, pale yellow undertail coverts, and a grey terminal band on the tail. The doves are found in New Guinea, the Aru Islands and western Papuan islands where it inhabits lowland rainforest, secondary forest and mangroves. It has been recorded from Boigu Island, Queensland, Australian territory in northern Torres Strait.

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus iozonus Gray, 1858

large green pigeon
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