Species profile
Yellow-banded Fruit-dove
Ptilinopus solomonensis
Quick answer
Range P. s. speciosus Biak, Supiori, Padaido Islands, Numfor and Marai (near Yapen) (Beehler & Pratt 2016). Taxonomy Based on morphological and vocal characters, del Hoyo & Collar (2014) split this taxon into two species: Yellow-banded Fruit Dove P. solomonensis (Admiralty Islands, and small islands of the Bismarck archipelago east to and including the Solomons) and Geelvink Fruit Dove P. speciosus (Geelvink Islands). Status Teluk Cenderawasih endemic subspecies. A supertramp that favours small, species-poor islands and is absent from mainland New Guinea and larger islands of the Bismarcks (Mayr & Diamond 2001). Common and frequently recorded in primary and lightly logged forest; less common in secondary forest. Usually singly or in pairs. February 1991: recorded on Owi (Gibbs 1993). Voice Woxvold & Bishop (2020) provided Biak sound-recordings of both the distinctive advertising song and the hoo series.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus solomonensis
- Family
- Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Genus
- Ptilinopus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Columbidae
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- Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus)
- African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
- Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Columba amboinensis)
- Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystinus)
- Andaman Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia rufipennis)
- Andaman Green-pigeon (Treron chloropterus)