White-capped Fruit Dove | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Ptilinopus |
Species: | P. dupetithouarsii |
Binomial name | |
Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii (Neboux, 1840) |
The White-capped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It was described by French naturalist and surgeon Adolphe-Simon Neboux in 1840. It is endemic to French Polynesia.The name honours Abel Aubert Dupetit Thouars