Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Red-naped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi) - HBW 4, p. 205
French: Ptilope de Sumba
German: Rahmkopf-Fruchttaube
Spanish: Tilopo de Sumba
Other common names: Doherty's/Purple-tailed Fruit-dove
Taxonomy: Ptilopus dohertyi Rothschild, 1896, Sumba.
Formerly placed in genus Leucotreron; a later proposal returned the present species to genus Ptilinopus, but within subgenus Leucotreron along with P. cinctus, P. alligator and P. porphyreus; these four species currently considered to form a superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
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Adult Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
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Distant adult Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
mark sutton 10 June 2009 2 years ago 5 sec 2.5
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A perched bird.
Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
mehdhalaouate 10 April 2008 2 years ago 3.3
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