Beautiful Fruit-dove

Order - Columbiformes
Family - Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Beautiful Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus pulchellus

深红顶果鸠

    Size : 18–20 cm; 68–76 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Ptilinopus pulchellus pulchellus (Temminck, 1835)
  – W Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool) and lowland NW, SC & SE New Guinea.
• Ptilinopus pulchellus decorus (Madarász, 1910)
  – N New Guinea lowlands from E shore of Geelvink Bay E to Astrolabe Bay.

Ptilinopus pulchellus ssp. pulchellus
Date : 05 September 2018

Location : Kampung Saporkren, Distrik Waigeo Selatan, Kabupaten Raja Ampat, Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia