fruit-dove

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).

Halmahera rain forests 2008

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).

Sumba deciduous forests 2008

Rapa Island harbors the Vulnerable Rapa fruit-dove (Ptilonopus huttoni), which is confined to 3km2 mid - to high-elevation forest fragments.

Tubuai tropical moist forests 2008

The claret-breasted fruit-dove (Ptilinopus viridis) is one of more than 350 bird species that inhabit East Melanesian Islands Hotspot.

Biological diversity in the East Melanesian Islands 2008

A number of reptiles are endemic, including the massive Oenpelli python (Morelia oenpelliensis), as are a number of birds, e.g. the black-banded fruit-dove (Ptilonopus alligator), chestnut-quilled rock-pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis), and white-throated grass-wren (Amytornis woodwardi).

Arnhem Land tropical savanna 2008

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.

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

It is the largest fruit-dove in the Philippines, and although it has probably always been uncommon and local, it appears to be particularly sensitive to the threats facing much of the ecoregion's biodiversity.

Luzon montane rain forests 2007

The fruit-dove is also hunted for food and the pet trade.

Luzon montane rain forests 2007

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).

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

The fruit-dove is not found in areas highly susceptible to habitat destruction, found in neither logged nor selectively logged areas.

Luzon montane rain forests 2007