Ptilinopus viridis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 20

CLARET-BREASTED FRUIT DOVE Ptilinopus viridis #

Local name Man Burwof (Sansundi).

Range P. v. geelvinkianus Biak, Supiori, Owi, Rani, Numfor, Manim, Mios Num and Marai near Yapen; P. v. salvadorii Yapen. Old records of the latter from Manokwari and of P. v. pectoralis from Numfor and Biak are now discounted ( Mayr 1941).

Status Teluk Cenderawasih endemic subspecies. Obtained by just two collectors but seen by most visitors. Widespread and common. Frequent in small numbers (<5) in primary and selectively logged forest; less common in secondary forest, lightly wooded cultivation and rare in severely degraded or cleared areas. 6 July 1982: KDB saw ten with other frugivores at a fruiting fig Ficus sp. at c. 305 m on a ridge in primary forest on limestone karst on the south slope of Supiori. 6 August 2015: two on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S24512191). 13 January 1994: one on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).