Blue-capped Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus monacha
( Temminck, 1824 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population: 50000-99999

CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It frequents lowland forest, typically up to 750 m, but to at least 1,100 m on Bacan (A. Berryman pers. obs.).


Range:
Ptilinopus monacha is restricted to the North Maluku, Indonesia, where it inhabits at least 13 islands (BirdLife International 2001, Eaton et al. 2021, eBird 2022).


Conservation:
Conservation Actions Underway
None targeted action is known. It occurs in both protected areas in North Maluku: Aketajawe Lolobata National Park (Halmahera) and Buku Sibela (Bacan).

Conservation Actions Proposed
Protect areas of lowland forest for this and more threatened Moluccan species. Continue to use remote sensing techniques to monitor habitat loss and degradation.


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