Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Tanna Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus tannensis) - HBW 4, p. 210

French: Ptilope de Tanna German: Silberfleck-Fruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo de Tanna
Other common names: Silver-shouldered/Vanuatu/Yellow-headed/New Hebrides Fruit-dove

Taxonomy: Columba tannensis Latham, 1790, Tanna, Vanuatu.
Usually considered to form a species-group with P. perlatus, P. ornatus, P. aurantiifrons, P. wallacii and, in some accounts, P. superbus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Vanuatu, including Banks Is.