White-capped fruit dove

White-capped fruit dove
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 family Columbidae. 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.

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