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Species
Ptilinopus aurantiifrons Gray, GR, 1858
Nomenclature
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Family: ColumbidaeGenus: Ptilinopus
Species:
Ptilinopus aurantiifrons Gray, GR, 1858
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Orange-fronted Fruit Dove, Golden-fronted Fruit-dove; Yellow-fronted Fruit-pigeon
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SUMMARY
Forehead bright orange-yellow, throat and lower part of face white, crown, nape and upper part of face green with bronzy tinge, upper breast blue-grey, extending in a band abound neck, ventral regions pale yellowish green, rest of plumage green with bronzy tinge, except on dark green primaries and outer secondaries, bluish grey bases to feathers froms pots on wing-coverts and upper mantle, outer tail fether tipped grey and white on iner webs, bill red at base, yellow to greenish yellow for rest of length, legs bright purple-red. Female duller. Juvenile plumage apparently undescribed.