Ptilinopus viridis (claret-breasted fruit dove)

Query: Dove

Result: 334^th of 1262

Subject:	Ptilinopus viridis (claret-breasted fruit dove)
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Ptilinopus viridis
Date between 1700 and 1880
Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1731–1800)
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon III p. 48 pl. 142
Old Latin name Ptilinopus viridis
New Latin name Ptilinopus viridis
Common name Nederlands: Roodbefjufferduif
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ptilinopus_viridis_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15600055.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.

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

Dove
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