The earliest record of Raiatea or Leeward Society Islands Fruit Dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster

Michael Lee; Alice Cibois

doi:10.25226/bboc.v139i3.2019.a7

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20 September 2019 The earliest record of Raiatea or Leeward Society Islands Fruit Dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster

Michael Lee, Alice Cibois

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Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 139(3):260-265 (2019). https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v139i3.2019.a7

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We report the earliest record of Raiatea or Leeward Society Islands Fruit Dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster by R. P. Lesson during the La Coquille expedition in 1823 on the island of Bora Bora in the Society Islands. This antedates the previous earliest record of the species by 30 years.

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Michael Lee and Alice Cibois "The earliest record of Raiatea or Leeward Society Islands Fruit Dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster," Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 139(3), 260-265, (20 September 2019). https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v139i3.2019.a7

Received: 25 April 2019; Published: 20 September 2019

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