Cream-breasted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus merrilli Scientific name definitions
Text last updated February 19, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | ptilinop de Merrill |
Czech | holub luzonský |
Dutch | Merrills Jufferduif |
English | Cream-breasted Fruit-Dove |
English (United States) | Cream-breasted Fruit-Dove |
French | Ptilope de Merrill |
French (France) | Ptilope de Merrill |
German | Merrillfruchttaube |
Japanese | キバラヒメアオバト |
Norwegian | luzonfruktdue |
Polish | owocożer szarolicy |
Russian | Светлогрудый фруктовый голубь |
Serbian | Svetlogrudi voćni golub |
Slovak | pestroš svetlobruchý |
Spanish | Tilopo de Merrill |
Spanish (Spain) | Tilopo de Merrill |
Swedish | gräddbukig fruktduva |
Turkish | Sarı Karınlı Meyve Kumrusu |
Ukrainian | Тілопо жовтогрудий |
Ptilinopus merrilli (McGregor, 1916)
Definitions
- PTILINOPUS
- merrilli
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
32–33 cm; 263 g. Large fruit-dove; general plumage deep green, shading to pale grey tinged with green on the head , neck and breast; throat whitish; grey of upper breast divided from creamy buff of lower breast and belly by narrow dark green band; flanks green; undertail-coverts and tibial feathers greenish with whitish tips; outer secondaries dark green with pale yellow edges to outer webs, primaries mostly greenish black; a patch on central secondaries formed by hair-like barbs, appearing purplish when viewed from side but bright crimson when viewed frontally; tail dark green with indistinct pale terminal band on outer feathers; underside of tail pale grey; bill red at base, dull yellow at tip; legs dark red. Sexes alike. Race faustinoi differs by having brownish-red patch on crown.
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Formerly placed in genus Leucotreron. Most closely allied to R. marchei. The form faustinoi is fairly distinct owing to its red crown patch, and other characters (pale greenish-blue orbital skin, whiter chin, more green on other parts of the head) have been posited, but these require verification and evaluation for strength and constancy. Two subspecies recognized.Subspecies
Ptilinopus merrilli faustinoi Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Ptilinopus merrilli faustinoi (Manuel, 1936)
Definitions
- PTILINOPUS
- merrilli
- faustinoi
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Ptilinopus merrilli merrilli Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Ptilinopus merrilli merrilli (McGregor, 1916)
Definitions
- PTILINOPUS
- merrilli
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
Primary and selectively logged forest from lowlands up to 1300 m.
Movement
No information available.
Diet and Foraging
Fruit; the only specific information is a record of species feeding on fruits of the small tree Symplocos ahernii.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Advertising call is a series of very burry coos (duration c. 0·5–0·6 seconds, pitch 300–500 Hz) delivered at a rate of c. 1 note per second, e.g. “rrruuh...rrruuh...rrruuh...”.
Breeding
Scant information available. A nest found in May 1997 contained a single egg (1).
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near Threatened. This species is at least vulnerable, since it occupies a limited range within an area undergoing severe deforestation and habitat loss and hunting have undoubtedly caused a moderately rapid decline. It was already listed as rare in 1946 and is considered to be endangered by conservation groups in the Philippines. However it has been found to be locally common in the Sierra Madre and on Patnanungan island and may have been overlooked to some extent (1). Research and survey work required.