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Yellow-breasted fruit dove

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Yellow-breasted fruit dove
Adult nominate in captivity
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. occipitalis
Binomial name
Ptilinopus occipitalis

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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