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Species
Ptilinopus rivoli Prévost, 1843
Nomenclature
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Family: ColumbidaeGenus: Ptilinopus
Species:
Ptilinopus rivoli Prévost, 1843
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
White-bibbed Fruit Dove, Beautiful/Moon-breasted/White-breasted/High Mountain Fruit-dove
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SUMMARY
Predominantly dark green with a slight golden tinge, forehead and forecrown purplish red, a large white or cream-coloured half-moon shaped patch on breast, elongated oval purple patch in centre of belly, vent and undertail-coverts bright yellow, dark blue centres to scapulars forming spots, bill greenish yellow to yellow, legs reddish. Female green all over, except for yellow vent and undertail coverts. Juvenile green all over, with yellow fringes to feathers of wing, breast and underparts, juvenile males may have traces of adult.