Coroneted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus)

Other Names (World)
Coroneted Fruit-Dove, Lilac-capped Fruit-dove, Lilac-crowned Fruit-dove, Coronated Fruit-dove, Little Coroneted Fruit-dove, Diadem Fruit-dove, Lilac-crowned Fruit-pigeon, Coroneted Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
18 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Coroneted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus) [XC558623]
by Iain Woxvold from Nekiei, Wario River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Coroneted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus) [XC582413]
by Iain Woxvold from Nymbokrang, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Shows certain affinities with the large Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) species-group. Considered to be most closely allied to Beautiful Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), and perhaps also closely related to Blue-capped Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus monacha).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

trigeminus Salvadori, 1875 - Salawati and western coast of Vogelkop (north-western New Guinea).
geminus Salvadori, 1875 - Yapen I and northern New Guinea from head of Geelvink Bay east to Takar.
quadrigeminus Meyer, AB, 1890 - Northern New Guinea between Humboldt Bay and Astrolabe Bay, including Manam I and Kairiru I.
huonensis Meyer, AB, 1892 - Northern coast of eastern New Guinea from Huon Bay to Goodenough Bay.
coronulatus Gray, 1858 - Aru Is and southern coast of New Guinea from R Mimika to Milne Bay.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Coroneted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus) - 10 files

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