Ptilopus musschenbroeki = Ptilinopus viridis (claret-breasted fruit dove)

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Subject:	Ptilopus musschenbroeki = Ptilinopus viridis (claret-breasted fruit dove)
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Ptilopus musschenbroeki=Ptilinopus viridis
Date 1876
Source Ornithological Miscellany. Volume 3 https://archive.org/stream/ornithologicalmi03rowl#page/n161/mode/1up
Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PtilopusMusschenbroekiSmit.jpg

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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