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Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus

  • Names (15)
  • Subspecies (2)
Josep del Hoyo, Luis F. Baptista, Nigel Collar, Pepper W. Trail, Guy M. Kirwan, and H. M. Horblit
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 16, 2015

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Recommended Citation

del Hoyo, J., L.F. Baptista, N. Collar, P.W. Trail, G. M. Kirwan, and H. M. Horblit (2020). Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sufdov1.01