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Typical Fruit Doves
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Typical Fruit Doves

Ptilinopus

The fruit doves, also known as fruit pigeons, are a genus (Ptilinopus) of birds in the pigeon and dove family (Columbidae). These colourful, frugivorous doves are found in forests and woodlands in Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is a large genus with about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.

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47 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 46 known species

Rose-crowned Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus regina

Superb Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus superbus

Black-naped Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus melanospilus

Orange-bellied Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus iozonus

Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove

speciesPtilinopus viridis

Beautiful Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus pulchellus

Many-coloured Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus perousii

Pink-headed Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus porphyreus

Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus porphyraceus

Grey-green Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus purpuratus

Golden Dove

speciesPtilinopus luteovirens

Red-bellied Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus greyi

White-bibbed Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus rivoli

Orange-fronted Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus aurantiifrons

Black-backed Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus cinctus

Pink-spotted Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus perlatus

Orange Dove

speciesPtilinopus victor

Mariana Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus roseicapilla

Cloven-feathered Dove

speciesPtilinopus holosericea

Grey-headed Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus hyogastrus

Blue-capped Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus monacha

Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus rarotongensis

Black-banded Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus alligator

Coroneted Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus coronulatus

White-capped Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus dupetithouarsii

Palau Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus pelewensis

Tanna Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus tannensis

Geelvink Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus speciosus

Dwarf Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus nainus

Raiatea Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus chrysogaster

Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus solomonensis

Knob-billed Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus insolitus

Wallace's Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus wallacii

Ornate Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus ornatus

Red-naped Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus dohertyi

Atoll Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus coralensis

Whistling Dove

speciesPtilinopus layardi

White-headed Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus eugeniae

Purple-capped Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus ponapensis

Silver-capped Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus richardsii

Makatea Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus chalcurus

Henderson Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus insularis

Carunculated Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus granulifrons

Rapa Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus huttoni

Kosrae Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus hernsheimi

Red-moustached Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus mercierii

Negros Fruit Dove

speciesPtilinopus arcanus

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