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.
- 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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding at a feeder. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 3 years ago 37 sec 4
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A bird at a feeder.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 3 years ago 4.3
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doooi dooi Locality Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp guadrigeminus)
dreyernp 29 July 1990 2 years ago 3
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