Cook Islands Fruit-dove

Cook Islands Fruit-dove

Taxobox
name = Cook Islands Fruit-dove


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Ptilinopus"
species = "P. rarotongensis"
binomial = "Ptilinopus rarotongensis"
binomial_authority = Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871
synonyms =
The Cook Islands Fruit-dove ("Ptilinopus rarotongensis") is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to the Cook Islands.

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

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/18789/all Ptilinopus rarotongensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.eu/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2683&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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