Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystina) - HBW 4, p. 193

French: Phapitréron améthyste German: Amethysttaube Spanish: Vinago Pardo Amatista
Other common names: Amethyst/White-eared(!)/Greater (Brown) Fruit-dove, Amethystine Brown-dove

Taxonomy: Phapitreron amethystina Bonaparte, 1855, Philippines.
Genus apparently has no close relatives; restricted to Philippines. Present species sometimes considered conspecific with P. cinereiceps, but the two have been found to exist sympatrically on E slope of Mt McKinley, Mindanao. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

amethystina Bonaparte, 1855 - N, E & SE Philippines, on Luzon, Polillo, Alabat, Catanduanes, Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Panaon, Dinagat and Mindanao.
imeldae De La Paz, 1976 - NC Philippines, on Marinduque.
maculipectus Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - EC Philippines, on Negros.
frontalis Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - EC Philippines, on Cebu (possibly extinct).