Makatea Fruit-dove

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Makatea Fruit-dove
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: P. chalcurus
Binomial name
Ptilinopus chalcurus
(Gray, 1859)

The Makatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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