superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)

Query: columbidae

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Subject:	superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
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Description
Ptilinopus superbus
Date 1700-1880
Old Latin name Ptilinopus superbus
New Latin name Ptilinopus superbus
Common name
Nederlands: Kleine prachtjufferduif
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ptilinopus_superbus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15600079.tif

The superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), also known as the purple-crowned fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the purple-capped fruit dove), is a medium-sized, colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae. Native to Australasia, the superb fruit dove lives in the rainforests of New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, the Philippines and Sulawesi of Indonesia.

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