English: « Chrysoenas viridis » = Ptilinopus layardi (Whistling Fruit Dove)
Français : « Chrysoenas viridis » = Ptilinopus layardi (Ptilope de Layard)
Date 1881
Source Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 https://archive.org/stream/reportonscientif188102grea#page/n521/mode/2up
Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ptilinopus_pectoralis_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15600057.tif

The whistling fruit dove (Ptilinopus layardi), also known as the velvet dove or yellow-headed dove, is a small fruit dove from Fiji. The species is endemic to the islands of Kadavu and Ono in the Kadavu Group in the south of Fiji. The whistling fruit dove is a small dove (20 cm) that is sexually dimorphic in its velvety plumage. The plumage of the male is dark green with a yellow head and undertail coverts, the female lacks the yellow plumage.

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus layardi Elliot, 1878
Synonyms: Chrysoenas layardi