Lilac-crowned fruit dove

The lilac-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus rarotongensis) also known as the Rarotonga fruit-dove^[1] or Cook Islands fruit-dove^[2][3] is a species of bird in the family doves.^[4]

Lilac-crowned fruit dove
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Ptilinopus
Species:	P. rarotongensis
Binomial name
Ptilinopus rarotongensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871
Subspecies
P. r. rarotongensis – 1871 P. r. goodwini – 1974

Taxonomy and systematics

The Lilac-crowned fruit dove occurs in the Cook Islands and is split into two subspecies with their corresponding distribution.^[4]

• Ptilinopus rarotongensis rarotongensis – occurs on Rarotonga
• Ptilinopus rarotongensis goodwini – occurs on Atiu

Status

Due to the Lilac-crowned fruit doves occurrence only being seen nowadays on two small islands they are susceptible to sudden storms on the islands. The population is seen as stable but is no larger than 2500 individuals. The IUCN categorized the dove as "Near Threatened" as of 2021.^[1]