Jambu Fruit-Dove

SCI Name:  Ptilinopus jambu
Protonym:  Columba Jambu Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.784
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Ptilinopus
Taxonomy Code:  jafdov1
Type Locality:  Java = Sumatra.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

PTILINOPUS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Rose-crowned Fruit Dove P. regina) Gr. πτιλον ptilon  feather; πους pous, ποδος podos  foot; "Genus. PTILINOPUS. Mihi.  Generic Character.  Alæ mediocres, remigum pinna prima apicem versus contracta, tertia quartaque longissimis.  Rostrum gracile.  Tarsi plumosi.  ...  PTILINOPUS purpuratus. (Var. Regina.)  ...  Tarsi covered with soft and thick-set feathers down to the divisions of the claws; the soles are broad and flat." (Swainson 1825); "Ptilinopus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1825, p. 473. Type, by monotypy, Ptilinopus purpuratus var. regina Swainson." (Peters 1937, III, 28).
Var. Ptilonapus, Ptilonopus, Ptilopus, Ptinilopus. 
Synon. Chlorotreron, Curotreron, Cyanotreron, Eutreron, Haemataena, Jambotreron, Jotreron, Kranocera, Kurukuru, Kurutreron, Lamprotreron, Laryngogramma, Leucotreron, Mezotreron, Neoleucotreron, Oedirhinus, Omeotreron, Poecilotreron, Ptilopodiscus, Reginopus, Spilotreron, Sylphidaena, Sylphitreron, Terenotreron, Thoracotreron, Thouarsitreron, Thyliphaps, Xenotreron.

jambu
Sanskrit jambu  rose-apple tree. Throughout south-east Asia the name jambu is applied to various fruits and plants of the genus Syzygium.
● "As subspecific name I have chosen the Malayan substantive for the guava, in allusion to this bulbul's specific and English vernacular names" (Deignan 1955) (subsp. Pycnonotus goiavier).
● Malay name Punai jambu for a fruit dove; ex “Pooni Jamboo” of Marsden 1783, and “Jamboo Pigeon” of Latham 1783: “fore part of the head a deep pink* ... *This is likened to the colour of the blossom of the Jamboo, the fruit of which is like a pear in shape” (Ramphiculus).