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Moustached fruit dove

Ptilinopus mercierii (Des Murs & Prévost, 1849)

Status not recordedbirdsExtinct

The moustached fruit dove (Ptilinopus mercierii) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes.

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Quick facts about the moustached fruit dove

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the moustached fruit dove live?

Not recorded

Is the moustached fruit dove endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the moustached fruit dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusPtilinopus
  7. SpeciesPtilinopus mercierii (Des Murs & Prévost, 1849)

Synonyms Jotreron melanospila, Kurukuru mercierii, Ptilinopus mercirii

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Red-moustached fruit doveEnglish
  • Red-moustached fruit-doveEnglish
  • حمام الفاكهة أحمر الشاربArabic
  • tilinop de MercierCatalan
  • holub červenovousýCzech
  • Rødskægget FrugtdueDanish
  • Rotbart-FruchttaubeGerman
  • ruĝliphara fruktokolomboEsperanto
  • Tilopo de MercierSpanish
  • karmiinpea-rohetuviEstonian
  • punaviiksikyyhkyFinnish
  • Ptilope de MercierFrench
  • markezaška voćaricaCroatian
  • marqueses-szigeteki gyümölcsgalambHungarian
  • Tortora beccafrutta baffirossiItalian
  • アカヒゲヒメアオバトJapanese
  • raudonnosis karvelis vaislesysLithuanian
  • RoodbaardjufferduifDutch
  • rødskjeggfruktdueNorwegian
  • owocożer czerwonowąsyPolish
  • pombo-frugívoro-de-bigodesPortuguese
  • Маркизский фруктовый голубьRussian
  • pestroš belavokrkýSlovak
  • marquesasfruktduvaSwedish
  • Bıyıklı Meyve KumrusuTurkish
  • тілопо червоновусийUkrainian
  • 赤髭果鳩Chinese
  • pombo-da-fruta-das-marquesasPortuguese
  • rola-frugívora-de-bigode-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Красношапочный пёстрый голубьRussian
  • 赤髯果鸠Chinese
  • 赤鬃果鳩Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the moustached fruit dove

Other species in the same genus Ptilinopus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the moustached fruit dove?

The moustached fruit dove (Ptilinopus mercierii) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Moustached fruit dove (Ptilinopus mercierii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/moustached-fruit-dove

MLA

“Moustached fruit dove (Ptilinopus mercierii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/moustached-fruit-dove.

BibTeX
@misc{moustached_fruit_dove_2026,
  title = {Moustached fruit dove (Ptilinopus mercierii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/moustached-fruit-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}