Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) - HBW 4, p. 215
French: Ptilope de la Société
German: Tahitifruchttaube
Spanish: Tilopo de las Sociedad
Other common names: Society Island/Tahiti/Purple-capped(!) Fruit-dove
Taxonomy: Columba purpurata J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Tahiti, Society Islands.
Member of a large species-group distributed from Australia to Micronesia and Polynesia; often considered to form a subgroup with P. perousii, P. chalcurus, P. coralensis, P. huttoni, P. dupetithouarsii, P. mercierii and P. insularis; other members of the species-group are P. porphyraceus, P. pelewensis, P. richardsii, P. greyii, P. rarotongensis, P. roseicapilla, P. regina and perhaps P. superbus. Taxonomic limits of present species have been variously interpreted, some authors considering.. View all taxonomy...
Member of a large species-group distributed from Australia to Micronesia and Polynesia; often considered to form a subgroup with P. perousii, P. chalcurus, P. coralensis, P. huttoni, P. dupetithouarsii, P. mercierii and P. insularis; other members of the species-group are P. porphyraceus, P. pelewensis, P. richardsii, P. greyii, P. rarotongensis, P. roseicapilla, P. regina and perhaps P. superbus. Taxonomic limits of present species have been variously interpreted, some authors considering P. coralensis and P. chalcurus, and perhaps also P. insularis, to be races of present species, and others considering race chrysogaster and P. chalcurus to be races of P. coralensis. Race chrysogaster quite distinct and may merit full species status; race frater differs only rather slightly from nominate, and may be of questionable validity. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chrysogaster G. R. Gray, 1854 - Bora Bora, Raiatea, Tahaa, Huahine and Maupiti (W SocietyIs).
- frater Ripley & Birckhead, 1942 - Moorea (E Society Is).
- purpuratus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Tahiti (E Society Is).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a tree in a vanilla plantation. Locality Tahaa, Society Islands, French Polynesia (ssp chrysogaster)
Peter Fraser 10 September 2008 3 years ago 22 sec 3.8
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