Purple-capped Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus ponapensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The purple-capped fruit dove or Pohnpei fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found on Chuuk and Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the crimson-crowned fruit dove. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Ptilinopus