Ptilinopus monachus = Ptilinopus monacha (blue-capped fruit dove) Ptilinopus monacha
Pigeons by Prideaux John Selby.
Date 1845?
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20191692
Author Andrew Crichton; Selby, Prideaux John
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APigeons_%28Plate_4%29_%286976180713%29.jpg
The blue-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus monacha) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the northern Maluku Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus monacha (Temminck, 1824)
