The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
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journal article
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10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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CLARET-BREASTED FRUIT DOVE
Ptilinopus viridis
#
Local name
Man Burwof (Sansundi).
Range
P. v. geelvinkianus
Biak, Supiori, Owi, Rani, Numfor, Manim, Mios Num and Marai
near Yapen;
P. v. salvadorii
Yapen. Old
records of the latter from Manokwari and of
P. v. pectoralis
from Numfor and Biak are now discounted (
Mayr 1941
).
Status
Teluk Cenderawasih endemic subspecies. Obtained by just two collectors but seen by most visitors. Widespread and common. Frequent in small numbers (<5) in primary and selectively logged forest; less common in secondary forest, lightly wooded cultivation and rare in severely degraded or cleared areas.
6 July 1982
:
KDB
saw ten with other frugivores at a fruiting fig
Ficus
sp.
at
c.
305 m
on a ridge in primary forest on limestone karst on the south slope of
Supiori.
6 August 2015
: two on
Rani
(
N. Voaden
, eBird checklist S24512191).
13 January 1994
: one on
Owi
(
P. Gregory
in litt
. 2000).