Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Orange-fronted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons) - HBW 4, p. 210

French: Ptilope à front d'or German: Goldstirn-Fruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo Frentiáureo
Other common names: Golden-fronted Fruit-dove; Yellow-fronted Fruit-pigeon

Taxonomy: Ptilonopus [sic] aurantiifrons G. R. Gray, 1858, Aru Islands.
Generally placed in a species-group with P. perlatus, P. ornatus, P. tannensis, P. wallacii and, according to some authorities, P. superbus. Monotypic.

Distribution: W Papuan Is (Misool, Batanta, Salawati), Yapen and Aru Is through coastal New Guinea (except NE, from Madang to Huon Gulf) to D'Entrecasteaux Is.