White-bibbed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus rivoli)

Other Names (World)
White-bibbed Fruit-Dove, Beautiful Fruit-dove, Moon-breasted Fruit-dove, White-breasted Fruit-dove, High Mountain Fruit-dove, White-bibbed Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pr�vost, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 1,000 - 3,260 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

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
A characteristic series of soft hoos that ascend, then descends at the end.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

White-bibbed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus rivoli) [XC163271]
by Niels Krabbe from Arfak Mountain Trek, near Mokwan Village, Irian Jaya Barat, Papua, Indonesia (song)

White-bibbed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus rivoli) [XC127366]
by Scott Connop from Seram: Trans Seram Highway, top of pass, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Considered to be closely related to Yellow-banded Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis), and allied to the Claret-breasted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus viridis) superspecies. Subspecies bellus has sometimes been considered a separate species, as, less often, has miquelii.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

prasinorrhous Gray, GR, 1858 - Moluccas, Schildpad Is, Aru Is, western Papuan Is and some islands in Geelvink Bay.
bellus Sclater, PL, 1874 - New Guinea, Karkar I and Goodenough I.
miquelii Schlegel, 1871 - Meos Num I and Yapen I in Geelvink Bay.
rivoli (Pr�vost, 1843) - Bismarck Archipelago.
strophium Gould, 1850 - Egum Atoll in Trobriand Is and Louisiade Archipelago.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-bibbed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus rivoli) - 10 files

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