Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Coroneted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus) - HBW 4, p. 217

French: Ptilope à couronne lilas German: Veilchenkappen-Fruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo Coronita
Other common names: Lilac-capped/Lilac-crowned/Coronated/Little Coroneted/Diadem Fruit-dove; Lilac-crowned Fruit-pigeon

Taxonomy: Ptilonopus [sic] coronulatus G. R. Gray, 1858, Aru Islands.
Shows certain affinities with the large P. purpuratus species-group; considered to be most closely allied to P. pulchellus, and perhaps also closely related to P. monacha. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • trigeminus Salvadori, 1875 - Salawati and W coast of Vogelkop (NW New Guinea).
  • geminus Salvadori, 1875 - Yapen I and N New Guinea from head of Geelvink Bay E to Takar.
  • quadrigeminus (A. B. Meyer, 1890) - N New Guinea between Humboldt Bay and Astrolabe Bay, including Manam I and Kairiru I.

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  • trigeminus Salvadori, 1875 - Salawati and W coast of Vogelkop (NW New Guinea).
  • geminus Salvadori, 1875 - Yapen I and N New Guinea from head of Geelvink Bay E to Takar.
  • quadrigeminus (A. B. Meyer, 1890) - N New Guinea between Humboldt Bay and Astrolabe Bay, including Manam I and Kairiru I.
  • huonensis (A. B. Meyer, 1892) - N coast of E New Guinea from Huon Bay to Goodenough Bay.
  • coronulatus G. R. Gray, 1858 - Aru Is and S coast of New Guinea from R Mimika to Milne Bay.