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| − | + | '''Alternative name: Golden Fruit Dove'''<br /> | |
| − | [[Image:Golden_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Matalevu|Matalevu}} | + | '''Disambiguation''': [[Key West Quail-Dove]] ''Geotrygon chrysia'' is also sometimes called Golden Dove<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
| − | + | [[Image:Golden_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Matalevu|Matalevu}}<br />Pacific Harbour, [[Fiji]], July 2006]] | |
;[[:Category:Ptilinopus|Ptilinopus]] luteovirens | ;[[:Category:Ptilinopus|Ptilinopus]] luteovirens | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 19–21 cm<br /> | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Endemic to the [[Fiji]] Islands: found on Western Fiji (Waya Group, Viti Levu, Beqa, Ovalau and Gau) | Endemic to the [[Fiji]] Islands: found on Western Fiji (Waya Group, Viti Levu, Beqa, Ovalau and Gau) | ||
====Status==== | ====Status==== | ||
| − | A common species throughout its limited range, the Golden Dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | + | A common species throughout its limited range, the Golden Dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forests and scrubland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their diet consists almost entirely of small berries and fruit, especially figs. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#Avibase | #Avibase | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014) |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 23 April 2014
Alternative name: Golden Fruit Dove
Disambiguation: Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia is also sometimes called Golden Dove[1]
- Ptilinopus luteovirens
Identification
19–21 cm
Distribution
Endemic to the Fiji Islands: found on Western Fiji (Waya Group, Viti Levu, Beqa, Ovalau and Gau)
Status
A common species throughout its limited range, the Golden Dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[2].
Habitat
Forests and scrubland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of small berries and fruit, especially figs.
References
- Avibase
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Golden Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden_Dove
