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The Mariana fruit dove or Marianas fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla), totot on Guam or Paluman totut in Northern Marianas Islands, also known as mwee’mwe in the Carolinian language, is a small, up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long, green fruit dove native and endemic to Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands in the Pacific.
Kosrae fruit dove, Ptilinopus hernsheimi Finsch, 1880 – split from crimson-crowned fruit dove; Palau fruit dove, Ptilinopus pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868; Lilac-crowned fruit dove, Ptilinopus rarotongensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871; Mariana fruit dove, Ptilinopus roseicapilla (Lesson, RP, 1831)
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Northern Mariana Islands.The avifauna of the Northern Mariana Islands include a total of 180 species.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
Caroline Islands ground dove, Alopecoenas kubaryi (E) White-throated ground dove, Alopecoenas xanthonurus; Nicobar pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica; Purple-capped fruit-dove, Ptilinopus ponapensis (E) Kosrae fruit-dove, Ptilinopus hernsheimi (E) Crimson-crowned fruit-dove, Ptilinopus porphyraceus; Mariana fruit-dove, Ptilinopus roseicapilla (E)
The species — several birds, mussels, two species of fish and the Little Mariana fruit bat last seen in Guam in 1968 — have been listed as endangered for decades, according to the U.S. Fish ...
There are eight endemic species of birds in the Marianas – the Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla), Mariana swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi), Guam rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni), Tinian monarch (Metabolus takatsukasae), Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi), golden white-eye (Cleptornis marchei), Rota white-eye (Zosterops rotensis), and Saipan ...
White-throated ground dove. Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae. Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I) Philippine collared-dove, Streptopelia dusumieri (I) White-throated ground dove, Alopecoenas xanthonurus; Mariana fruit-dove, Ptilinopus ...
Banded fruit dove: Ptilinopus cinctus (Temminck, 1809) AU: Bali and Lesser Sundas: 242: Black-banded fruit dove: Ptilinopus alligator Collett, 1898: AU: northern Australia 243: Red-naped fruit dove: Ptilinopus dohertyi Rothschild, 1896: OR: Sumba (Indonesia) 244: Pink-headed fruit dove: Ptilinopus porphyreus (Temminck, 1822) OR: Sumatra and ...