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superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
| Subject: | superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
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Description
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G J. 8ROINOWSKI, F cr
a LAMPROTRERON 5UPERBA (Bonap)
Superb fruit Pigeon.
b. CHALC0PHAP5 CHRYSOCHLORA (Gould) [suppressed; = Chalcophaps longirostris]
Little green Pigeon.
Date 1890
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/16677698360
Author Broinowski, Gracius J.
Full title The birds of Australia,
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_birds_of_Australia_(16677698360).jpg
The superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), also known as the purple-crowned fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the purple-capped fruit dove), is a medium-sized (22–24 cm long), colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae. Native to Australasia, the superb fruit dove lives in the rainforests of New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, the Philippines and Sulawesi of Indonesia. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Ptilinopus, Species: Ptilinopus superbus Temminck, 1809.
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Scientific Name: Ptilinopus superbus (Temminck, 1809)
Common Names:
English – Eastern Superb Fruit-dove, Superb Fruit Dove, Superb Fruit-dove, Superb Fruit-Dove
French: Ptilope superbe German: Östliche Prachtfruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo soberbio oriental
Taxonomy: Columba Superba Temminck, 1809, Halmahera. |
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