Fruit-dove

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Fruit-doves
Jambu Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus jambu
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:

Male Pink-headed Fruit-dove,  Ptilinopus porphyreus
Male Pink-headed Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus porphyreus
Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina) from eastern Australia and Indonesia
Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina) from eastern Australia and Indonesia