Fruit-dove

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Fruit-doves
Jambu Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus jambu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae Genus: Ptilinopus Swainson, 1825
Species
About 50, see article
Synonyms
Chrysoenas

The fruit-doves are a genus (Ptilinopus) of doves. They occur from Southeast Asia via the Wallacea and the Philippines to Australia and the Pacific. This is a large genus with roughly 50 species, and includes some extinct taxa:

• Black-backed Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus cinctus
• Black-banded Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus alligator
• Red-naped Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus dohertyi
• Pink-headed Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus porphyreus
• Flame-breasted Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus marchei
• Cream-bellied Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus merrilli
• Yellow-breasted Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus occipitalis
• Red-eared Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus fischeri
• Jambu Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus jambu
• Maroon-chinned Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus subgularis
• Black-chinned Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus leclancheri
• Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus bernsteinii
• Wompoo Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus magnificus
• Pink-spotted Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus perlatus
• Ornate Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus ornatus
• Tanna Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus tannensis
• Orange-fronted Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
• Wallace's Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus wallacii
• Superb Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus superbus
• Many-coloured Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus perousii
• Purple-capped Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus porphyraceus
  • Ebon Purple-capped Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus porphyraceus marshallianus - doubtfully distinct; extinct (late 19th century)?
• Palau Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus pelewensis
• Rarotonga Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus rarotongensis
  • Mauke Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus rarotongensis "byronensis" - extinct (mid-/late 19th century)
• Tubuai Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus sp. - prehistoric
• Mariana Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus roseicapilla
• Rose-crowned Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus regina
• Silver-capped Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus richardsii
• Grey-green Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus purpuratus
• Makatea Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus chalcurus
• Atoll Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus coralensis
• Red-bellied Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus greyii
• Rapa Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus huttoni
• White-capped Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii

• Red-moustached Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mercierii - extinct (mid-20th century)
• Henderson Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus insularis
• Coroneted Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus coronulatus
• Beautiful Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus pulchellus
• Blue-capped Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus monacha
• White-bibbed Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus rivoli
• Yellow-bibbed Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus solomonensis
• Claret-breasted Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus viridis
• White-headed Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus eugeniae
• Orange-bellied Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus iozonus
• Knob-billed Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus insolitus
• Grey-headed Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus hyogaster
• Carunculated Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus granulifrons
• Black-naped Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus melanospilus
• Dwarf Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus nanus
• Negros Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus arcanus - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
• Orange Dove, Ptilinopus victor
• Golden Dove, Ptilinopus luteovirens
• Whistling Dove, Ptilinopus layardi