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VELVET DOVE (Ptilinopus layardi) – is also endemic to Fiji but is restricted to the islands of Kadavu and Ono. The Whistling Dove has an unremarkable plumage, but it has a very strange call for a dove – a loud rising whistle which is immediately followed by a short falling trill or tinkle, the latter only heard at close quarters.
Fact Card
COMMON NAME: Velvet Dove
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ptilinopus layardi
TYPE: Breeder
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Kadavu
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Columbiformes / FAMILY – Columbidae
Video: Velvet Dove
Audio: Velvet Dove
IUCN Red List Status
References
- [Doug Pratt]. (2015, November 15). Velvet Dove Ptilinopus layardi [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/139750
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Whistling Dove. IUCN Red LIst. Retrieved September 13, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22691581/93317322
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2012, August 22). Velvet Dove Ptilinopus layardi [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201429991
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/
Author: Fiji Journal
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