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Fruit-dove
The fruit doves, also known as fruit pigeons, are a genus (''Ptilinopus'') of birds in the pigeon and dove family (Columbidae). These colourful, frugivorous doves are found in forests and woodlands in Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is a large genus with over 50 species, some threatened or already extinct. Taxonomy The genus ''Ptilinopus'' was introduced in 1825 by the English naturalist William John Swainson with the rose-crowned fruit dove (''Ptilinopus regina'') as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek meaning "feather" with meaning "foot". The many species of this genus can be further grouped by geography and by certain shared characteristics. The fruit doves of the Sunda Islands and northern Australia, such as the pink-headed fruit dove and banded fruit dove, have comparatively longer tails than other species, and are notable for their solid colouration on the head, neck and breast, with a black band across the belly. Another grouping can be made o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jambu Fruit Dove
The jambu fruit dove (''Ptilinopus jambu'') is a smallish colourful fruit dove. It is a resident breeding species in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java. Taxonomy The jambu fruit dove was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's '' Systema Naturae''. He placed it with all the other doves and pigeons in the genus '' Columba'' and coined the binomial name ''Columba jambu''. Gmelin gave the locality as Java. He based his description on the "pooni-jamboo" that had been described in 1783 by the Irish orientalist William Marsden in his book ''The History of Sumatra''. The jambu fruit dove is now placed with nearly 60 other fruit doves in the genus ''Ptilinopus'' that was introduced in 1825 by the English naturalist William John Swainson. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek meaning "feather" with meaning "foot". The specific e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
