Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
White-bibbed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus rivoli) - HBW 4, p. 217
French: Ptilope de Rivoli
German: Korallenfruchttaube
Spanish: Tilopo de Rivoli
Other common names: Beautiful/Moon-breasted/White-breasted/High Mountain Fruit-dove
Taxonomy: Columba Rivoli Prévost, 1843, Duke of York Island.
Considered to be closely related to P. solomonensis, and allied to the P. viridis superspecies. Race bellus has sometimes been considered a separate species, as, less often, has miquelii. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- prasinorrhous G. R. Gray, 1858 - Moluccas, Schildpad Is, Aru Is, W Papuan Is and some islands in Geelvink Bay.
- bellus P. L. Sclater, 1874 - New Guinea, Karkar I and Goodenough I.
- miquelii (Schlegel, 1873) - Meos Num I and Yapen I in Geelvink Bay.
- prasinorrhous G. R. Gray, 1858 - Moluccas, Schildpad Is, Aru Is, W Papuan Is and some islands in Geelvink Bay.
- bellus P. L. Sclater, 1874 - New Guinea, Karkar I and Goodenough I.
- miquelii (Schlegel, 1873) - Meos Num I and Yapen I in Geelvink Bay.
- rivoli (Prévost, 1843) - Bismarck Archipelago.
- strophium Gould, 1850 - Egum Atoll in Trobriand Is and Louisiade Archipelago.
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Adult perched
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp bellus)
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