An age character in Australian Fruit-Doves.

Posted:	14/12/2014
Category:	Issue 4
Author(s):	Boles

Many members of the fruit-dove genus Ptilinopus, of which there are 47 species (Goodwin 1967), have an emarginated outer primary, while in others the tip of the primary tapers to a point. The shape of this primary has been used as a taxonomic character in subdividing the genus.

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