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
143
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journal article
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YELLOW-BIBBED FRUIT DOVE
Ptilinopus solomonensis
#
Range
P. s.
speciosus
Biak, Supiori, Padaido Islands, Numfor and Marai
(near Yapen) (Beehler & Pratt 2016).
Taxonomy
Based on morphological and vocal characters, del
Hoyo & Collar (2014)
split this taxon into two species: Yellow-banded Fruit Dove
P. solomonensis
(Admiralty Islands, and small islands of the
Bismarck archipelago
east to and including the Solomons) and Geelvink Fruit Dove
P. speciosus
(Geelvink Islands)
.
Status
Teluk Cenderawasih endemic subspecies. A supertramp that favours small, species-poor islands and is absent from mainland New
Guinea
and larger islands of the Bismarcks (
Mayr & Diamond 2001
). Common and frequently recorded in primary and lightly logged forest; less common in secondary forest. Usually singly or in pairs.
February 1991
: recorded on Owi (
Gibbs 1993
).
Voice
Woxvold & Bishop (2020)
provided Biak sound-recordings of both the distinctive advertising song and the
hoo
series.