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Ptilinopus monacha

(Blue-capped Fruit Dove)

Overview

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Near Threatened

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Blue-capped Fruit Dove, Blue-capped Fruit-Dove

Common Names in French:

Ptilope moine

Common Names in German:

Blaukappen-Fruchttaube

Common Names in Japanese:

アオボウシヒメアオバト

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: It frequents lowland forest up to 750 m , but seems to prefer, or is more easily detected in mangroves , coastal woodland and disturbed forest.

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Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Ptilinopus monacha (Temminck, 1824)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 26-May-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ptilinopus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 88 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. alligator (Black-Banded Fruit Dove) · P. arcanus (Ripley's Fruit Dove) · P. aurantiifrons (Orange-Fronted Fruit Dove) · P. bernsteinii (Scarlet-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. bernsteinii bernsteinii (Scarlet-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. chalcurus (Makatea Fruit Dove) · P. cincta (Black-Backed Fruit Dove) · P. cinctus (Black-Backed Fruit Dove) · P. cinctus cinctus (Black-Backed Fruit Dove) · P. coralensis (Atoll Fruit Dove) · P. coralensis coralensis (Atoll Fruit-Dove) · P. coronulatus (Lilac-Capped Fruit Dove) · P. coronulatus coronulatus (Lilac-Capped Fruit Dove) · P. dohertyi (Red-Naped Fruit Dove) · P. dupetithouarsii (White-Capped Fruit Dove) · P. eugeniae (White-Headed Fruit Dove) · P. fischeri (Red-Eared Fruit Dove) · P. fischeri fischeri (Red-Eared Fruit Dove) · P. granulifrons (Carunculated Fruit Dove) · P. greyii (Red-Bellied Fruit Dove) · P. huttoni (Rapa Island Fruit Dove) · P. hyogaster (Grey-Headed Fruit Dove) · P. hyogastra (Grey-Headed Fruit-Dove) · P. hyogastrus (Gray-Headed Fruit-Dove) · P. insolitus (Red-Knobbed Fruit Dove) · P. insolitus insolitus (Red-Knobbed Fruit Dove) · P. insularis (Henderson Island Fruit Dove) · P. iozonus (Orange-Bellied Fruit Dove) · P. iozonus iozonus (Orange-Bellied Fruit Dove) · P. jambu (Jambu Fruit-Dove) · P. layardi (Whistling Fruit Dove) · P. leclancheri (Black-Chinned Fruit Dove) · P. leclancheri leclancheri (Black-Chinned Fruit Dove) · P. luteovirens (Golden Fruit Dove) · P. magnificus (Wampoo Fruit-Dove) · P. magnificus magnificus (Magnificent Fruit Dove) · P. marchei (Flame-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. melanospila (Orange-Breasted Fig Parrot) · P. melanospila melanospila (Black-Naped Fruit Dove) · P. melanospilus (Black Naped Fruit Dove) · P. melanospilus melanospilus (Black-Naped Fruit Dove) · P. mercierii (Red Moustached Fruit Dove) · P. mercierii mercierii (Red Moustached Fruit Dove) · P. merrilli (Cream-Breasted Fruit-Dove) · P. merrilli merrilli (Cream-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. monacha (Blue-Capped Fruit Dove) · P. naina (Dwarf Fruit Dove) · P. nainus (Dwarf Fruit-Dove) · P. nanus (Dwarf Fruit-Dove) · P. occipitalis (Yelow-Breasted Fruit-Dove) · P. occipitalis occipitalis (Yellow-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. ornatus (Ornate Fruit Dove) · P. ornatus ornatus (Ornate Fruit Dove) · P. pelewensis (Palau Fruit Dove) · P. perlatus (Pink Spotted Fruit Dove) · P. perlatus perlatus (Pink-Spotted Fruit Dove) · P. perousii (Many-Coloured Fruit Dove) · P. perousii perousii (Many-Coloured Fruit Dove) · P. porphyraceus (Crimson-Crowned Fruit-Dove) · P. porphyraceus ponapensis (Purple-Capped Fruit-Dove) · P. porphyraceus porphyraceus (Crimson-Crowned Fruit Dove) · P. porphyrea (Pink-Headed Fruit-Dove) · P. porphyreus (Pink-Necked Fruit Dove) · P. pulchellus (Crimson-Capped Fruit Dove) · P. pulchellus pulchellus (Crimson-Capped Fruit Dove) · P. purpuratus (Grey-Green Fruit Dove) · P. purpuratus purpuratus (Grey-Green Fruit Dove) · P. rarotongensis (Rarotongan Fruit-Dove) · P. rarotongensis rarotongensis (Lilac-Crowned Fruit Dove) · P. regina (Rose-Crowned Fruit Dove) · P. regina regina (Rose-Crowned Fruit-Dove) · P. richardsii (Silver-Capped Fruit Dove) · P. richardsii richardsii (Silver-Capped Fruit Dove) · P. rivoli (White-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. rivoli rivoli (White-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. roseicapilla (Marianas Fruit-Dove) · P. solomonensis (Yellow Bibbed Fruit Dove) · P. solomonensis solomonensis (Yellow-Bibbed Fruit-Dove) · P. subgularis (Maroon-Chinned Fruit Dove) · P. subgularis subgularis (Maroon-Chinned Fruit Dove) · P. superbus (Superb Fruit-Dove) · P. superbus superbus (Superb Fruit Dove) · P. tannensis (Silver-Shouldered Fruit Dove) · P. victor (Orange Fruit Dove) · P. victor victor (Orange Fruit Dove) · P. viridis (Claret-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. viridis viridis (Claret-Breasted Fruit Dove) · P. wallacii (WallaceÌs Fruit-Dove)

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Footnotes

  1. BirdLife International 2008. Ptilinopus monacha. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012