Ptilinopus nanus = Ptilinopus nainus (dwarf fruit dove) Colombe naine, male.
Ptilinopus nanus
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Temminck pl. col. 565
Old Latin name Ptilinopus nanus
New Latin name Ptilinopus nainus
Common name Nederlands: Dwergjufferduif
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The dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nainus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in lowland and foothill forest in New Guinea and the Raja Ampat Islands.The adult dwarf fruit doves weigh 49 grams. This bird is the smallest of the fruit dove genus. The plumage is overall green, but with contrasting yellow undertail-coverts, and narrow bars to the wings.
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus nainus (Temminck, 1835)
Synonyms
- Ptilinopus naina
- Ptilinopus nanus
