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- Ptilinopus fischeri
Identification
(35-37 cm). Marked subspecies (species?) variation:
- head including rear neck greyish white
- throat (sometimes contrastingly) white
- ear patch from just in front of eye vinous red with dark band connecting to the back of the neck
- underparts largely grey
- belly more or less golden (fischeri, centralis) or grey (meridionalis)
- upper parts bright green (fischeri), bright green with a grey mantle (centralis) or all grey (meridionalis)
- upper tail bright green
- under tail grey
- under tail coverts grey with white edges
- eye and feet dark
- bill generally light yellowish grey
Sexes alike
Distribution
Sulawesi endemic. South East Asia: Indonesia: Greater Sundas.
Taxonomy
Some authors split P. f. meridionalis from the other subspecies as Lompobattang fruit-dove.
Subspecies[1]
Ptilinopus fischeri fischeri Montane forests of n Sulawesi
Ptilinopus fischeri centralis Montane forests of central and se Sulawesi
Ptilinopus fischeri meridionalis SW Sulawesi (Lompobattang Massif)
Habitat
Moist montanes.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
External Links
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