Ptilinopus Granulifrons Bird

Ptilinopus Granulifrons Bird

Ptilinopus Granulifrons Bird

English Name:  Carunculated Fruit-Dove
Latin Name:  Ptilinopus granulifrons
Protonym:  Ptilinopus granulifrons Bull.Br.Orn.Club 7 p.35
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Ptilinopus
Taxonomy Code:  cafdov1
Type Locality:  Obi Major.
Author:  Hartert, E
Publish Year:  1898
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

PTILINOPUS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Rose-crowned Fruit Dove P. regina) Gr. πτιλον ptilon  feather; πους pous, ποδος podos  foot; "Genus. PTILINOPUS. Mihi.  Generic Character.  Alæ mediocres, remigum pinna prima apicem versus contracta, tertia quartaque longissimis.  Rostrum gracile.  Tarsi plumosi.  ...  PTILINOPUS purpuratus. (Var. Regina.)  ...  Tarsi covered with soft and thick-set feathers down to the divisions of the claws; the soles are broad and flat." (Swainson 1825); "Ptilinopus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1825, p. 473. Type, by monotypy, Ptilinopus purpuratus var. regina Swainson." (Peters 1937, III, 28).
Var. Ptilonapus, Ptilonopus, Ptilopus, Ptinilopus
Synon. Chlorotreron, Curotreron, Cyanotreron, Eutreron, Haemataena, Jambotreron, Jotreron, Kranocera, Kurukuru, Kurutreron, Lamprotreron, Laryngogramma, Leucotreron, Mezotreron, Neoleucotreron, Oedirhinus, Omeotreron, Poecilotreron, Ptilopodiscus, Reginopus, Spilotreron, Sylphidaena, Sylphitreron, Terenotreron, Thoracotreron, Thouarsitreron, Thyliphaps, Xenotreron.

granulifrons
L. granulum, granuli  granule  < dim. granum  grain, seed; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.