Atoll Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus coralensis

Range and population
Ptilinopus coralensis has a widespread distribution throughout the islands of the Tuamotu Archipelago , French Polynesia . It is the only fruit-dove in the tropical Pacific adapted exclusively to low coral atolls, where it inhabits forest and abandoned coconut plantations feeding on insects and seeds, usually on the ground^3,4. It is likely to occur at low densities throughout its range as food resources are scarce⁶. Predation by introduced rats (particularly black rat Rattus rattus) is a threat on a small number of atolls⁵ and the species is vulnerable to habitat destruction including the exploitation of coconut plantations¹. In a recent survey it was found to be uncommon on five out of eight islands visited^1,2.

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