Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Columbiformes > Columbidae > Ptilinopus > Ptilinopus purpuratus

Ptilinopus purpuratus (Grey-green Fruit Dove)

Synonyms: Columba purpurata

Wikipedia Abstract

The grey-green fruit dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Ptilinopus purpuratus

Infraspecies

Ptilinopus purpuratus chrysogaster (Raiatea Fruit-dove) (Attributes)
Ptilinopus purpuratus frater
Ptilinopus purpuratus purpuratus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
19
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.29859
EDGE Score: 1.98768
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  88 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  90 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  60 %
Clutch Size [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Society Islands tropical moist forests France Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States Yes

Prey / Diet

Cananga odorata (ilang-ilang)[1]
Lantana camara (lantana)[1]
Psidium guajava (common guava)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Prosopeia tabuensis (Maroon Shining Parrot)1
Pteropus tonganus (Pacific flying fox)1
Ptilinopus chalcurus (Makatea Fruit Dove)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0