Ornate Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus ornatus)

Other Names (World)
Western Ornate Fruit-dove, Ornate Fruit-Dove, Gestroi's Fruit-dove, Ornate Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Schlegel, 1871)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 200 - 1,350 m, occasionally up to 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Very closely related to the largely sympatric Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus perlatus) although the two species tend to be ecologically separated. Other members of the species-group are Tanna Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus tannensis), Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons), Wallace's Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) and, in some accounts, Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

ornatus (Schlegel, 1871) - Arfak Mts and coast of Vogelkop between Amberbaki and Warbusi (north-western New Guinea).
gestroi D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1875 - New Guinea from Cyclops Mts and Onin Peninsula eastwards. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Eastern Ornate Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus gestroi).

References
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