Yellow-breasted fruit dove
Appearance
Yellow-breasted fruit dove | |
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Adult nominate in captivity | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Ptilinopus |
Species: | P. occipitalis
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Binomial name | |
Ptilinopus occipitalis G. R. Gray, 1844
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The yellow-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus occipitalis) locally known as balorinay is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Description
It is green and pale grey with a large yellow breast. It has purple facial markings. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
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