The red-eared fruit dove (''Ptilinopus fischeri'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
in the
pigeon
Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with small heads, relatively short necks and slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. ...
family. It is
endemic
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to the island of
Sulawesi
Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...
,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
.
Distribution
Its natural
habitat
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is subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...
s. They are found at elevations between 1,000 - 3,000m.
Subspecies
There are three subspecies of the red-eared fruit dove:
* Ptilinopus fischeri fischeri (Found in north Sulawesi)
* Ptilinopus fischeri centralis (Found in central and southeastern Sulawesi)
* Ptilinopus fischeri meridionalis (Found in southwest Sulawesi)
Status
It is listed as
least concern
A least-concern species is a species that has been evaluated and categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wil ...
by the IUCN although their populations are currently decreasing.
See also
*
Lompobattang fruit-dove - a similar species
*
Fauna of Indonesia
The fauna of Indonesia is characterised by high levels of biodiversity and endemicity due to its distribution over a vast tropical archipelago. Indonesia divides into two ecological regions; western Indonesia which is more influenced by Asian ...
*
List of least concern birds
References
Ptilinopus
Birds described in 1876
Endemic birds of Sulawesi
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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