White-capped fruit dove

White-capped fruit dove
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. dupetithouarsii
Binomial name
Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii
(Neboux, 1840)

The white-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii), also called kuku locally, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was described by French naturalist and surgeon Adolphe-Simon Neboux in 1840. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. The name honours French admiral and botanist Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars. Two subspecies exist on the islands, Ptilinopus d. dupetithouarsii and Ptilinopus d. viridior. [2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691500A93314827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691500A93314827.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cibois, Alice; Thibault, Jean-Claude; Meyer, Jean-Yves; Pasquet, Eric (1 July 2015). "On the Origin of Sympatric Fruit Doves in a Small and Remote Pacific Archipelago". Pacific Science. 69 (3): 229–312. doi:10.2984/69.3.1.