fruit dove

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A beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)

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fruit dove (plural fruit doves)

  1. Any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
    Synonym: fruit pigeon
    Fruit doves are colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves found in forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus comprises about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.

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