The yellow-bibbed fruit dove or yellow-banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in the Bismarck and Solomon Islands archipelagos. The Geelvink fruit dove (P. speciosus) was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]
| Yellow-bibbed fruit dove | |
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| Illustration by Joseph Smit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ptilinopus |
| Species: | P. solomonensis
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| Ptilinopus solomonensis Gray, GR, 1870
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus solomonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22728082A94970205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728082A94970205.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.
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