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A breeding record of the whistling dove of Kadavu, Fiji

  • Publication Type

    Journal

  • Publication Year

    1982

  • Author(s)

    Beckon, W.N.

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    29, 1

  • Pagination

    1-7

  • Article Type

    Paper

  • DOI

Keywords

breeding record; whistling dove; Ptilinopus layardi; Kadavu, Fiji


A breeding record of the whistling dove of Kadavu, Fiji

Notornis, 29 (1), 1-7

Beckon, W.N. (1982)

Article Type: Paper

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The first known record of the nesting of the Whistling Dove (Ptilinopus layardi) is presented, along with notes on its diet and very un-dove-like whistled calls. The fact that only the female was seen brooding the young may be of some significance to an understanding of the evolution of extreme sexual dichromatism in the Golden Dove Group to which the Whistling Dove belongs.