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Ptilinopus perousei = Ptilinopus perousii (many-colored fruit dove), Columba vitiensis (metallic pigeon), Didunculus strigirostris (tooth-billed pigeon)
Subject: Ptilinopus perousei = Ptilinopus perousii (many-colored fruit dove), Columba vitiensis (metallic pigeon), Didunculus strigirostris (tooth-billed pigeon)
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Beitrag zur fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie der Viti-, Samoa- und Tonga-inselnPl11 - Ptilopus mariae = Ptilinopus perousii (many-colored fruit dove), Columba vitiensis (metallic pigeon), Didunculus strigirostris (tooth-billed pigeon).jpg
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Ptilinopus perousei = Ptilinopus perousii (many-colored fruit dove), Columba vitiensis (metallic pigeon), Didunculus strigirostris (tooth-billed pigeon)


Hartlaub and Finsch Beitrag zur fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie der Viti, Samoa und Tongainseln Plate 11
Tafel XI.

Fig. 1. Ptilinopus Perousei. (Bremen Mus.) Valid name Ptilinopus perousii Peale, 1848
Fig. 2. Columba vitiensis (Bremen Mus.) Valid name Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Fig. 3. Didunculus strigirostris (Mus. Godeffroy.) Valid name Didunculus strigirostris (Jardine, 1845)
Date 1867
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14343#
Author Hartlaub Finsch
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABeitrag_zur_fauna_Centralpolynesiens._Ornithologie_der_Viti-%2C_Samoa-_und_Tonga-inselnPl11.jpg


Fig. 1. Ptilinopus Perousei. (Bremen Mus.) Valid name Ptilinopus perousii Peale, 1848

The many-colored fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii), also known as manuma in the Samoan language, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). Ptilinopus perousii occurs on islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean where it is found in Fiji, the Samoan Islands, and Tonga. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Order: Columbiformes > Family: Columbidae > Genus: Ptilinopus > Species: Ptilinopus perousii

Fig. 2. Columba vitiensis (Bremen Mus.) Valid name Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

The metallic pigeon, (Columba vitiensis) also known as white-throated pigeon is a medium-sized bird in the family Columbidae. The metallic pigeon is distributed to tropical forests of eastern Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa and surrounding southwest Pacific islands. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Columba, Species: Columba vitiensis

Fig. 3. Didunculus strigirostris (Mus. Godeffroy.) Valid name Didunculus strigirostris (Jardine, 1845)

The tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as the manumea, is a large pigeon found only in Samoa. It is the only living species of genus Didunculus. A related extinct species, the Tongan tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus placopedetes), is only known from subfossil remains in several archeological sites in Tonga. Order: Columbiformes > Family: Columbidae > Genus: Didunculus > Species: Didunculus strigirostris

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