Rapa Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus huttoni)

Other Names (World)
Rapa Fruit-Dove, Rapa Island Fruit-dove, Hutton's Fruit-dove, Long-billed Fruit-dove, Rapa Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
31 cm

First Described (Guide)
Finsch, 1874

Habitat
Undisturbed forest fragments in valleys and mountains, pine plantations and may feed on the introduced Chinese guava Psidium cattleianum. From 40 - 450 m.

Range (Guide)

French Polynesia (B) (NB).

Rapa I in Tubuai (Austral) Is.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 270 - 274 (2010) and stable.

Status CR
Destruction and degradation of forest by goats, cattle, fires (used to control fernland and increase grazing land) and felling are the main threats. Predation by feral cats and Polynesian rat Rattus exulans are possible threats. Hunting by local inhabitants is no longer a threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fleshy fruit and nectar from flowers.

Voice
A repetitive series of double 'oo-wa' notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Rapa Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus huttoni) [XC97238]
by id from Haurei, Rapa, Austral Is., France (song)

Subspecies
A distinctive form that is thought to be a rather distant offshoot of the Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) species-group, perhaps closest to the Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) subgroup.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rapa Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus huttoni) - 10 files

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