Ornate fruit dove
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ptilinopus |
| Species: | P. ornatus
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| Ptilinopus ornatus Schlegel, 1871
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The ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus) is a species of
Taxonomy and systematics
The ornate fruit dove was originally
The ornate fruit dove is one of over 50 species of pigeon in the fruit dove genus Ptilinopus, which is found throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania.[4] A 2014 study of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA by Alice Cibois and colleagues found that the ornate fruit dove was most closely related to the orange-fronted fruit dove. The same study also found that these two species were further sister (the closest relative of) to Wallace's fruit dove. These three species are sister to the pink-spotted fruit dove and these four species are sister to the grey-headed fruit dove. This group of five species is sister to a clade formed by the orange-bellied, white-headed, and claret-breasted fruit doves. The most basal species in the group is the Tanna fruit dove. The following cladogram shows the relationships of the ornate fruit dove with other species in its group based on the 2014 study:[5]
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Subspecies
The IOU currently recognises two subspecies of the ornate fruit dove.[4] These two species are sometimes recognised as separate species by other authorities.[6]
- P. o. ornatus nominate subspecies, it is found in the Bird's Head Peninsula in northwestern New Guinea.[4]
- P. o. gestroi D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1875: Also known as the Eastern ornate fruit dove[7] or Gestroi's fruit dove,[6] it was originally described as a separate species by Luigi D'Albertis and Tommaso Salvadori.[8] It is found from the Fakfak and Kumawa Mountains on the Onin Peninsula east to Milne Bay, including the Cyclops Mountains. It has a mustard-yellow crown, compared to the nominate subspecies's wine-red crown. Populations from the Onin Peninsula to the Chimbu Province are sometimes treated at a distinct subspecies kaporensis, but differences between P. o. gestroi and P. o. kaporensis are mostly clinal and do not warrant different subspecies.[6]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Schlegel, Hermann; Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam (1873). "Observation Zoologiques. V". Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde (in Dutch). 4. Amsterdam: 52.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-3326-2.
- ^ a b c d Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela (eds.). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- PMID 24012584.
- ^ OCLC 936447561.
- ^ "Ptilinopus ornatus gestroi (Ornate Fruit-Dove (gestroi))". Avibase. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- Genova: Tip. del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti: 834–835.