Cream-breasted fruit dove
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The cream-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus merrilli) or cream-bellied fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Luzon region of the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland to montane forests of up to 1,300 masl. It is threatened by habitat loss, and trapping for the pet trade.
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Cream-breasted fruit dove | |
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Cream-breasted Fruit Dove merilli seen in the wild in South Sierra Madre. | |
A stamp of the merilli sub-species | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Ptilinopus |
Species: | P. merrilli |
Binomial name | |
Ptilinopus merrilli (McGregor, 1916) | |
Synonyms | |
Cream-bellied Fruit Dove |
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It is illegal to hunt, capture or keep cream-breasted fruit-doves under Philippine Law RA 9147.[2]