Cream-breasted fruit dove

Cream-breasted fruit dove
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Columbiformes
Family:Columbidae
Genus:Ptilinopus
Species: P. merrilli
Binomial name
Ptilinopus merrilli
(McGregor, 1916)

The cream-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus merrilli) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ptilinopus merrilli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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