Blue-capped fruit dove

Blue-capped fruit dove
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: P. monacha
Binomial name
Ptilinopus monacha
(Temminck, 1824)

The blue-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus monacha) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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