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 LC    Golden Dove* Id (Atlas):
    Chrysoena luteovirens

Description (10)
Image of Golden Dove
 

Other Names (World)
Golden Dove, Lemon Dove(!), Yellow Dove, Golden Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, subtropical and tropical lowland dry and moist shrubland. From 60 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Fiji (B).

West-central Fiji, on Waya Group, Vitu Levu, Beqa, Ovalau and Gau.
 
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 ventriloquial bark, like that of a small dog. Also, low growls and snoring notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

 
Golden Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens) [XC109109]
     by Matthias Feuersenger from FEA Tower Trail, Colo y Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji (song)

 
Golden Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens) [XC369759]
     by Marc Anderson from Navosa, Nadroga-Navosa, Western Division, Fiji (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus or subgenus Chrysoena, which forms a distinctive Fijian superspecies also including Orange Dove (Chrysoena victor) and Whistling Dove (Chrysoena viridis) and they are thought to represent an early colonization of Fiji by Ptilinopus stock.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Golden Dove (Chrysoena luteovirens) - 10 files


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