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Crimson-crowned fruit dove

The crimson-crowned fruit dove, also the Tongan fruit dove or purple-capped fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

Taxonomy and systematics
Until 2016, both the purple-capped fruit dove and the Kosrae fruit dove were considered subspecies of the crimson-crowned fruit dove. The crimson-crowned fruit dove has two remaining subspecies: • P. p. porphyraceus – (Temminck, 1821): Found in Niue, Tonga and Fiji • P. p. fasciatusPeale, 1848: Found in Samoa ==References==
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