Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Maroon-chinned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus subgularis) - HBW 4, p. 207
French: Ptilope à mentonnière
German: Braunkinn-Fruchttaube
Spanish: Tilopo Barbioscuro
Other common names: Dark-chinned Fruit-dove
Taxonomy: Ptilopus subgularis A. B. Meyer and Wiglesworth, 1896, Peleng and Banggai.
Formerly placed in genus Leucotreron; a later proposal returned all members of that group to Ptilinopus, but placed present species in subgenus Rhamphiculus along with other Philippine and Sulawesi forms P. marchei, P. merrilli, P. occipitalis, P. fischeri and P. leclancheri; characters of Rhamphiculus include relatively large size, and emarginated first primaries. Present species forms a superspecies with P. leclancheri. Original species name gularis (of Sulawesi) is preoccupied, so subgularis becomes the spe.. View all taxonomy...
Formerly placed in genus Leucotreron; a later proposal returned all members of that group to Ptilinopus, but placed present species in subgenus Rhamphiculus along with other Philippine and Sulawesi forms P. marchei, P. merrilli, P. occipitalis, P. fischeri and P. leclancheri; characters of Rhamphiculus include relatively large size, and emarginated first primaries. Present species forms a superspecies with P. leclancheri. Original species name gularis (of Sulawesi) is preoccupied, so subgularis becomes the specific name, as the next oldest available, and epia becomes the name for Sulawesi birds. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- epia (Oberholser, 1918) - Sulawesi.
- subgularis (A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1896) - Banggai Is (Peleng and Banggai).
- mangoliensis Rothschild, 1898 - Sula Is (Mangole and Taliabu).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
-
A bird perched in a tree above Locality Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp epia)
Keith Blomerley 16 August 2011 36 weeks ago 19 sec 3.2
-
Maroon-chinned Fruit-dove on Peleng island (subgularis) - now split as Banggai Fruit-dove.
Locality Peleng, Banggai Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp subgularis)
Filip Verbelen 1 April 2009 21 weeks ago 3.9 -
Maroon-chinned Fruit-dove of the race "subgularis". Split by Rheindt et all as "Banggai Fruit-dove".
Locality Peleng, Banggai Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp subgularis)
Filip Verbelen 1 April 2009 21 weeks ago 3.4
- No sound recordings available yet
Email this page