Ornate fruit dove

Ornate fruit dove
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. ornatus
Binomial name
Ptilinopus ornatus
Schlegel, 1871

The ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Taxonomy and systematics

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The ornate fruit dove was originally described as Ptilopus ornatus (an incorrect spelling of Ptilinopus) by Hermann Schlegel in 1871 on the basis of specimens from New Guinea.[2] The species' generic name comes from the Ancient Greek ptilon (feather) and pous (foot), while the specific name ornatus is from the Latin word ornatus, meaning ornate or decorated.[3] Ornate fruit dove is the official common name designated by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOU).[4]

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]

tannensis group

Tanna fruit dove (P. tannensis)

Grey-headed fruit dove (P. hyogastrus)

Pink-spotted fruit dove (P. perlatus)

Wallace's fruit dove (P. wallacii)

Orange-fronted fruit dove (P. aurantiifrons)

Ornate fruit dove (P. ornatus)

Subspecies

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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]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22728052A94969424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728052A94969424.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Schlegel, Hermann; Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam (1873). "Observation Zoologiques. V". Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde (in Dutch). 4. Amsterdam: 52.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 284, 322. ISBN 978-1-4081-3326-2.
  4. ^ a b c d Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela (eds.). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  5. ^ Cibois, Alice; Thibault, Jean-Claude; Bonillo, Céline; Filardi, Christopher E.; Watling, Dick; Pasquet, Eric (2014). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the fruit doves (Aves: Columbidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 70: 442–453. Bibcode:2014MolPE..70..442C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.08.019. PMID 24012584.
  6. ^ a b c Beehler, Bruce; Pratt, Thane (2016). Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-1-4008-8071-3. OCLC 936447561.
  7. ^ "Ptilinopus ornatus gestroi (Ornate Fruit-Dove (gestroi))". Avibase. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  8. ^ Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova (1875). "Catalogo di una collezione di uccelli dell' Isola Yule e della vicina costa meridionale della penisola orientale ella Nuova Guinea, raccolti da L. M. D'Albertis" [Catalog of a collection of birds from Yule Island and the nearby southern coast of the eastern peninsula of New Guinea, collected by L. M. D'Albertis]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (in Italian). 7. Genova: Tip. del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti: 834–835.