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Tanna fruit dove 2
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Tanna fruit dove 2 (Ptilinopus tannensis)

Apparently until now no one has posted an image of a Tanna fruit dove and it isn't in google images either. So I was asked to upload here (some days ago). This second image shows why two alternative names are silver shouldered fruit dove and yellow-headed fruit dove

It's endemic to Vanuatu
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Habitat
Fruit trees in resort
Location
Mele, Efate, vanuatu
Date taken
27 July 2012
Scientific name
Ptilinopus tannensis
IanF
A great find and capture. As you say we're very short of photos of this species in the Gallery. Yours are the first :t:
 

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Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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