Cook Islands fruit-dove  (Ptilinopus rarotongensis)

Authentication

Information authenticated (30/04/07) by Gerald McCormack, Director of the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust.
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org

Glossary

Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (January, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1997) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. Birdlife International (April, 2007)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2683&m=0
  4. Cook Islands Biodiversity Database (April, 2007)
    http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=8736
  5. McCormack, G. (2005) Cook Islands Fruit-Dove (Kukupa). Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Available at:
    http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/showarticle.asp?id=1
  6. McCormack, G. (2007) Pers. Comm.