Genus Ptilinopus Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Scientific name Ptilinopus porphyraceus Higher classification Fruit dove Order Columbiformes | |
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Similar Fruit dove, Pigeons and doves, Bird, Many‑coloured fruit dove, Silver‑capped fruit dove | ||
The crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus), is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The crimson-crowned fruit dove has two remaining sub-species:
Two former subspecies were reclassified as separate species in 2016:
References
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