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Ptilinopus coronulatus

Identification

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in New Guinea and Indonesia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies[1]:

  • P. c. trigeminus:
  • Salawati Island and west coast of Vogelkop Peninsula (north-western New Guinea)
  • P. c. geminus:
  • Northern New Guinea (head of Geelvink Bay to Takar) and Yapen Island
  • P. c. quadrigeminus:
  • Northern New Guinea (Humboldt to Astrolabe Bay) and Manam Island
  • P. c. huonensis:
  • Northern coastal New Guinea (Huon Bay to Goodenough Bay)
  • P. c. coronulatus:
  • Aru Island and southern coastal New Guinea (Mimika River to Milne Bay)

Habitat

Forests.

Behaviour

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

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