Ptilonopus viridis = Ptilinopus eugeniae (white-headed fruit dove) Title : Doves of San Cristoval, John Webster. 1851
Caption: Ptilonopus viridis (misidentified?)
Creator: George French Angas, 1822-1886, artist
Date : ca. 1852
Description : After John Webster. Watercolour study of two pigeons perched on a branch. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_library-paintinganddrawings-713
Format : Painting
Media: Watercolour on paper
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADoves_of_San_Cristoval_%2848753443022%29.jpg
The white-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus eugeniae) is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. Adult doves have white heads, a purplish-red breast patch, a grey shoulder patch, olive-green upperparts, greenish underparts with a blue tinge, and a yellowish vent. Juveniles have green heads with the white restricted to the forehead and upper throat, a much smaller grey shoulder patch, and the red breast patch restricted to the centre of the breast. Ptilinopus eugeniae is endemic to Makira and the nearby islands of Ugi and Malaupaina in the Solomon Islands.
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus eugeniae (Gould, 1856)
Synonyms: Iotreron eugeniae Gould, 1856
