Biology:Yellow-bibbed fruit dove

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Short description: Species of bird

Yellow-bibbed fruit dove
Ptilinopus solomonensis johannis Smit.jpg
Illustration by Joseph Smit
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. solomonensis
Binomial name
Ptilinopus solomonensis
Gray, GR, 1870

The yellow-bibbed fruit dove or yellow-banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in the Bismarck and Solomon Islands archipelagos. The Geelvink fruit dove (P. speciosus) was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1270615 entry