Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Jambu Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus jambu) - HBW 4, p. 207

French: Ptilope jambou German: Jambufruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo Jambú
Other common names: Pink-headed(!)/Crimson-headed Fruit-dove, Jambu Fruit-pigeon

Taxonomy: Columba Jambu J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Java (= Sumatra?).
A distinctive form of uncertain affinities; it has some characters of all three of the subgenera Ptilinopus, Leucotreron and Rhamphiculus, and was tentatively placed in subgenus Ptilinopus; within that subgenus it was assigned to its own species-group, perhaps most closely allied to P. melanospila. More recent opinion considers present species to be closer to birds grouped in subgenera Leucotreron and Rhamphiculus. Proposed alteration of type locality seems to have been based on idea that species did not occur in Java. Monotypic.

Distribution: Peninsular Thailand and Malaysia through Sumatra (including Riau Archipelago, Nias, Bangka, Belitung) to Borneo and W Java.