Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus)

Other Names (World)
Grey-green Fruit-Dove, Gray-green Fruit-Dove, Society Island Fruit-dove, Tahiti Fruit-dove, Purple-capped Fruit-dove(!), Grey-green Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, plantations. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

French Polynesia (B).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Grey-green Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) [XC74531]
by id from Marae Titiroa, Moorea, French Polynesia, France (song)

Subspecies
Member of a large species-group distributed from Australia to Micronesia and Polynesia. Often considered to form a subgroup with Many-coloured Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perousii), Makatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus), Atoll Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus coralensis), Rapa Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus huttoni), White-capped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii), Red-moustached Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus mercierii) and Henderson Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insularis). Other members of the species-group are Tongan Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus), Palau Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis), Silver-capped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus richardsii), Red-bellied Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus greyi), Rarotonga Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus rarotongensis), Mariana Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla), Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina) and perhaps Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus). Taxonomic limits of present species have been variously interpreted, some authors considering Atoll Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus coralensis) and Makatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus), and perhaps also Henderson Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insularis), to be subspecies of present species, and others considering subspecies chrysogaster and Makatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus) to be subspecies of Atoll Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus coralensis). Subspecies chrysogaster quite distinct and may merit full species status. Subspecies frater differs only rather slightly from nominate, and may be of questionable validity.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

chrysogaster Gray, GR, 1854 - Bora Bora, Raiatea, Tahaa, Huahine and Maupiti (western SocietyIs). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Raiatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chrysogaster).
frater Ripley & Birckhead, 1942 - Moorea (eastern Society Is).
purpuratus (Gmelin, 1789) - Tahiti (eastern Society Is).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) - 10 files

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