Claret-breasted Fruit Dove - BirdForum Opus

Photo by mehdhalaouate
Biak, Papua New Guinea, May 2004

Ptilinopus viridis

Identification

• front half of head including the chin bluish-grey
• upper parts green
• wings with blue
• chest with an inverted triangle of claret, the apex extending to the lower throat
• underparts green
• undertail feathers edged pale yellow with dark green centres
• bill yellow, grey-tipped
• feet pinkish red
• eye yellow-orange with a more or less visible yellow eye ring

Female: Reference [4] suggests that the claret chest patch is reduced in size, but ebird photos suggest it's absent. The blue-grey facial pattern is reduced in area and less distinct, and the yellow eye ring is thinner.

Mature females have darker grey colour in the head markings than juveniles.

Distribution

Southeast Asia: Ambon, Buru, Seram (Moluccas), Papuan islands, Indonesia
Australasia: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Solomon Islands

Female (probably juvenile)
Photo by mehdhalaouate
Biak, Papua New Guinea, September 2004

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies [1]:

• P. v. viridis: Southern Moluccas (Buru, Seram, Ambon and adjacent islands)
• P. v. pectoralis: Western Papuan islands and north-western New Guinea
• P. v. geelvinkianus: Numfor, Biak and Meos Num islands (northern New Guinea)
• P. v. salvadorii: Yapen Island and northern New Guinea (Mamberamo River to Madang)
• P. v. vicinus: Trobriand Islands and D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago
• P. v. lewisii: Manus Island, Lihir Island, and Nissan Island to western Solomon islands

An additional subspecies pseudogeelvinkianus is generally considered invalid [2].

Habitat

Lowland moist forest.

Behaviour

They gather in large flocks to feed

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia#Eaton, JA, B van Balen, NW Brickle, FE Rheindt 2021. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (Greater Sundas and Wallacea), Second Edition. Lynx Editions. ISBN978-84-16728-44-2

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Claret-breasted Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Claret-breasted_Fruit_Dove

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