fruit dove
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Noun
fruit dove (plural fruit doves)
- Any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
- Synonym: fruit pigeon
- Fruit doves are colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves found in forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus comprises about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.
Derived terms
bird called fruit dove
- atoll fruit dove (Ptilinopus coralensis)
- banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)
- beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
- black-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri)
- black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus)
- blue-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus monacha)
- carunculated fruit dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons)
- claret-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus viridis)
- coroneted fruit dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus)
- cream-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus merrilli)
- crimson-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
- crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus, Ptilinopus porphyraceus)
- dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nanus)
- ebon purple-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus marshallianus)
- flame-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus marchei)
- Fischer's fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
- golden fruit dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)
- grey-green fruit dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus)
- grey-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus hyogaster, Ptilinopus hyogastrus)
- Jambu fruit dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
- knob-billed fruit dove (Ptilinopus insolitus)
- lilac-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus rarotongensis)
- magnificent fruit dove (=wompoo fruit dove)
- Makatea fruit dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus)
- many-coloured fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii)
- Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)
- maroon-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus subgularis)
- Mauke fruit dove (†Ptilinopus rarotongensis "byronensis") - extinct
- moustached fruit dove (=red-moustached fruit dove) - extinct
- Negros fruit dove (Ptilinopus arcanus)
- orange-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus iozonus)
- orange-fronted fruit dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons)
- orange fruit dove (Ptilinopus victor)
- ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus)
- Palau fruit dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis)
- pink-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus)
- pink-spotted fruit dove (Ptilinopus perlatus)
- Rapa fruit dove (Ptilinopus huttoni)
- red-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus greyii)
- red-eared fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
- red-moustached fruit dove (†Ptilinopus mercierii) - extinct
- red-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi)
- rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina)
- scarlet-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus bernsteinii)
- scarlet-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus insularis)
- silver-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus richardsii)
- superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
- Tanna fruit dove (Ptilinopus tannensis)
- Tubuai fruit dove (†Ptilinopus sp.) - extinct
- Wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)
- whistling fruit dove (Ptilinopus layardi)
- white-bibbed fruit dove (Ptilinopus rivoli)
- white-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii)
- white-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus eugeniae)
- wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
- yellow-bibbed fruit dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis)
- yellow-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus occipitalis)
Translations
dove in the genus Ptilinopus
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Further reading
- fruit dove on Wikipedia.Wikipedia