Ptilopus mariae = Ptilinopus perousii mariae (many-colored fruit dove)

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Subject:	Ptilopus mariae = Ptilinopus perousii mariae (many-colored fruit dove)
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PTILOPUS MARIAE, Bp ex Hombr [= Ptilinopus perousii mariae]
a. adult b. juvems

Date 1857
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40473977
Author E. Blanchard; Charles Lucian Bonaparte; Pauline Knip; P. L. Oudart; Florent Prévost; C. J. Temminck; F. Willy
Full title Iconographie des pigeons, non figurés par Mme Knip (Mlle Pauline Decourcelles) dans les deux volumes de MM. Temminck et Florent Prévost.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIconographie_des_pigeons_%28Pl._IV%29_%288100059032%29.jpg

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.

The Ptilinopus perousii mariae subspecies is found in Fiji and Tonga.

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus perousii Peale, 1848

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