Scarlet-breasted fruit dove

Scarlet-breasted fruit dove
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: P. bernsteinii
Binomial name
Ptilinopus bernsteinii
(Schlegel, 1863)

The scarlet-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus bernsteinii) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the Maluku Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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