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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae — the fruit doves.

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Examples

  • Species include black-naped fruit pigeon Ptilinopus melanospila, large brown cuckoo dove Macropygia phasianella, emerald dove Chalcophaps indica, collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris and yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier.

    Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

  • Four of these species are considered vulnerable: Sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti), red-naped fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi), Sumba boobook (Ninox rudolfi), and Sumba hornbill (Aceros everetti).

    Sumba deciduous forests 2008

  • The claret-breasted fruit-dove (Ptilinopus viridis) is one of more than 350 bird species that inhabit East Melanesian Islands Hotspot.

    Biological diversity in the East Melanesian Islands 2008

  • All four of the island's land birds are endemic, flightless Henderson rail Nesophylax ater, Stephen's lorikeet Vini stepheni (R), Henderson fruit dove Ptilinopus insularis, and Henderson warbler Acrocephalus vaughani taiti.

    Henderson Island, United Kingdom 2008

  • Five vulnerable species, four of which are found nowhere else, are found in the ecoregion: invisible rail (Habroptila wallacii), caranculated fruit-dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons), chattering lory (Lorius garrulus), and white cockatoo (Cacatua alba).

    Halmahera rain forests 2008

  • Pink-spotted fruit dove Ptilinopus richardsii cyanopterus is endemic to Rennell and Bellona and is found mainly in the canopy but comes lower in second growth.

    East Rennell, Solomon Islands 2008

  • In the Tuamotus, there are still substantial areas of forest left on Makatea Island where the Polynesian pigeon (Ducula aurorae) survives in small numbers as well as the Makatea fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus) and Tuamotu reed-warbler (Acrocephalus atypha).

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • Another vulnerable species, typical of montane forests, is the flame-breasted fruit-dove (Ptilinopus marchei), a beautiful bird with a crimson orange breast and matching crown.

    Luzon montane rain forests 2007

  • The Henderson Island fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insularis) has a narrower fruit diet than all other Ptilinopus species so far studied, feeding on all 14 fruiting species available on the island and dispersing seeds of those plants.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

  • The diet of the Henderson Fruit-dove Ptilinopus insularis.

    Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

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