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- proper noun   A taxonomic genus within thefamily Columbidae — thefruit doves .
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								Species include black-naped fruit pigeon Ptilinopus melanospila, large brown cuckoo dove Macropygia phasianella, emerald dove Chalcophaps indica, collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris and yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier. Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009 
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								Four of these species are considered vulnerable: Sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti), red-naped fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi), Sumba boobook (Ninox rudolfi), and Sumba hornbill (Aceros everetti). 
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								The claret-breasted fruit-dove (Ptilinopus viridis) is one of more than 350 bird species that inhabit East Melanesian Islands Hotspot. 
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								All four of the island's land birds are endemic, flightless Henderson rail Nesophylax ater, Stephen's lorikeet Vini stepheni (R), Henderson fruit dove Ptilinopus insularis, and Henderson warbler Acrocephalus vaughani taiti. 
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								Five vulnerable species, four of which are found nowhere else, are found in the ecoregion: invisible rail (Habroptila wallacii), caranculated fruit-dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons), chattering lory (Lorius garrulus), and white cockatoo (Cacatua alba). 
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								Pink-spotted fruit dove Ptilinopus richardsii cyanopterus is endemic to Rennell and Bellona and is found mainly in the canopy but comes lower in second growth. 
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								In the Tuamotus, there are still substantial areas of forest left on Makatea Island where the Polynesian pigeon (Ducula aurorae) survives in small numbers as well as the Makatea fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus) and Tuamotu reed-warbler (Acrocephalus atypha). 
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								Another vulnerable species, typical of montane forests, is the flame-breasted fruit-dove (Ptilinopus marchei), a beautiful bird with a crimson orange breast and matching crown. 
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								The Henderson Island fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insularis) has a narrower fruit diet than all other Ptilinopus species so far studied, feeding on all 14 fruiting species available on the island and dispersing seeds of those plants. 
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								The diet of the Henderson Fruit-dove Ptilinopus insularis. 
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