Ptilinopus pectoralis = Ptilinopus viridis pectoralis (claret-breasted fruit dove supspecies)

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Subject:	Ptilinopus pectoralis = Ptilinopus viridis pectoralis (claret-breasted fruit dove supspecies)
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Ptilinopus pectoralis
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Ptilinopus pectoralis
New Latin name Ptilinopus viridis pectoralis
Common name Nederlands: Jufferduif
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ptilinopus_pectoralis_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15600057.tif

The claret-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus viridis) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The claret-breasted fruit dove is 20–21 cm in length. The plumage of Ptilinopus viridis is mainly green apart from a well-defined patch of dark red-brown feathers on the throat and upper breast. The face and forecrown are bluish grey and shoulder has a bluish grey patch. The subspecies Ptilinopus viridis pectoralis is found in Raja Ampat Islands, Bird's Head Peninsula (northwest New Guinea).

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus viridis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms: Columba viridis Linnaeus, 1766

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