Fruit dove
| Fruit doves | |
|---|---|
| Jambu fruit dove, Ptilinopus jambu | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Ptilinopinae |
| Genus: | Ptilinopus Swainson, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Ptilinopus regina (rose-crowned fruit dove) Swainson, 1825 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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The fruit doves, also known as fruit pigeons, are a genus (Ptilinopus) of birds in the pigeon and dove family (Columbidae). These colourful, frugivorous doves are found in forests and woodlands in Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is a large genus with over 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.