Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Red-moustached Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus mercierii) - HBW 4, p. 216
French: Ptilope de Mercier
German: Rotbart-Fruchttaube
Spanish: Tilopo de Mercier
Other common names: Marquesas/(Southern) Marquesan/Red-capped Marquesas/Yellow-bellied Fruit-dove, Moustached Dove
Taxonomy: Kurukuru Mercierii Des Murs and Prévost, 1849, Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands.
A member of the large P. purpuratus species-group, most closely related to P. dupetithouarsii; usually associated with the P. purpuratus subgroup. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mercierii (Des Murs & Prévost, 1849) - Nukuhiva (N Marquesas Is).
- tristrami (Salvadori, 1892) - Hivaoa (S Marquesas Is).
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