ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus)

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Subject:	ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus)
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Description
Ptilopus gestroi = Ptilinopus ornatus gestroi
Date 1878
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878 (http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen782zool#page/n76/mode/1up)
Author
Joseph Smit (1836–1929) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smit
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PtilopusGestroiSmit.jpg

The ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus ornatus (Schlegel, 1871)

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Scientific Name: Ptilinopus ornatus Schlegel, 1871 Common Names: Western Ornate Fruit-dove, Ornate Fruit-dove (when lumped with P. gestroi) French: Ptilope orné German: Westliche Schmuckfruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo adornado occidental Taxonomy: Ptilopus ornatus Schlegel, 1871, interior of north-west peninsula of New Guinea.

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