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Ptilinopus purpuratus (Purple-Crowned Turteline = grey-green fruit dove)
Subject: Ptilinopus purpuratus (Purple-Crowned Turteline = grey-green fruit dove)
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Ptilinopus purpuratus (Purple-Crowned Turteline = grey-green fruit dove)


Ptilinopus purpuratus
(Purple-crowned Turteline)
Native of Otaheite.
Date 1845
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20191686
Author Andrew Crichton; ; Prideaux John Selby
Full title Pigeons by Prideaux John Selby.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APigeons_%28Plate_3%29_%286976179735%29.jpg

The grey-green fruit dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. The grey-green fruit dove is endemic to the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Mo'orea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Ptilinopus purpuratus is small and plump and has a short tail. The upperparts are olive green, the crown and forehead are light purple. The neck and chest are gray and the belly is pale yellow.

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus purpuratus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

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