Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Atoll Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus coralensis) - HBW 4, p. 215

French: Ptilope des Touamotou German: Tuamotufruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo de Tuamotu
Other common names: Tuamotu Fruit-dove

Taxonomy: Ptilinopus coralensis Peale, 1848, Aratika, Tuamotu.
A member of the large P. purpuratus species-group, within which associated with the P. purpuratus subgroup; often considered conspecific with P. chalcurus and P. purpuratus. Taxonomy of Ptilinopus in SE Polynesia is confused; present species has often been considered a race of P. purpuratus, along with P. chalcurus; other arrangements have considered P. chalcurus and P. purpuratus chrysogaster to be races of the present species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Tuamotu Archipelago (except Makatea).