Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Columbidae — thefruit doves .
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Examples
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Species include black-naped fruit pigeon Ptilinopus melanospila, large brown cuckoo dove Macropygia phasianella, emerald dove Chalcophaps indica, collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris and yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier.
Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009
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Four of these species are considered vulnerable: Sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti), red-naped fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi), Sumba boobook (Ninox rudolfi), and Sumba hornbill (Aceros everetti).
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The claret-breasted fruit-dove (Ptilinopus viridis) is one of more than 350 bird species that inhabit East Melanesian Islands Hotspot.
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All four of the island's land birds are endemic, flightless Henderson rail Nesophylax ater, Stephen's lorikeet Vini stepheni (R), Henderson fruit dove Ptilinopus insularis, and Henderson warbler Acrocephalus vaughani taiti.
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Five vulnerable species, four of which are found nowhere else, are found in the ecoregion: invisible rail (Habroptila wallacii), caranculated fruit-dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons), chattering lory (Lorius garrulus), and white cockatoo (Cacatua alba).
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Pink-spotted fruit dove Ptilinopus richardsii cyanopterus is endemic to Rennell and Bellona and is found mainly in the canopy but comes lower in second growth.
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In the Tuamotus, there are still substantial areas of forest left on Makatea Island where the Polynesian pigeon (Ducula aurorae) survives in small numbers as well as the Makatea fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus) and Tuamotu reed-warbler (Acrocephalus atypha).
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Another vulnerable species, typical of montane forests, is the flame-breasted fruit-dove (Ptilinopus marchei), a beautiful bird with a crimson orange breast and matching crown.
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The Henderson Island fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insularis) has a narrower fruit diet than all other Ptilinopus species so far studied, feeding on all 14 fruiting species available on the island and dispersing seeds of those plants.
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The diet of the Henderson Fruit-dove Ptilinopus insularis.
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