Columba viridis = Ptilinopus viridis (claret-breasted fruit dove)

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Subject:	Columba viridis = Ptilinopus viridis (claret-breasted fruit dove)
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English: Ptilinopus viridis = Syn. Columba viridis Lath.
Date 1 January 1839, 11:28:31
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103390#page/85/mode/1up
Author Édouard Traviès de Villers ( 1809-1876) prinx, Christophe Annedouche (1803-1866) sculp.
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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.

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

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