Species profile

Claret-breasted Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus viridis

Quick answer

Local name Man Burwof (Sansundi). Range P. v. geelvinkianus Biak, Supiori, Owi, Rani, Numfor, Manim, Mios Num and Marai near Yapen; P. v. salvadorii Yapen. Old records of the latter from Manokwari and of P. v. pectoralis from Numfor and Biak are now discounted (Mayr 1941). Status Teluk Cenderawasih endemic subspecies. Obtained by just two collectors but seen by most visitors. Widespread and common. Frequent in small numbers (<5) in primary and selectively logged forest; less common in secondary forest, lightly wooded cultivation and rare in severely degraded or cleared areas. 6 July 1982: KDB saw ten with other frugivores at a fruiting fig Ficus sp. at c. 305 m on a ridge in primary forest on limestone karst on the south slope of Supiori. 6 August 2015: two on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S 24512191). 13 January 1994: one on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).

Scientific name
Ptilinopus viridis
Family
Columbidae
Order
Columbiformes
Genus
Ptilinopus
Conservation status
Least Concern

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