# Ramphiculus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ramphiculus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ramphiculus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramphiculus > Source revision: 1356802291 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of birds}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Ramphiculus | image = Sula fruit dove (cropped).jpg | image_caption = [Sula fruit dove](/source/Sula_fruit_dove) ''Ramphiculus mangoliensis'' | authority = [Bonaparte](/source/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte), 1854 | type_species = ''[Ptilonopus occipitalis](/source/Yellow-breasted_fruit_dove)'' | type_species_authority = [Gray](/source/George_Robert_Gray), 1844 | synonyms = }} '''''Ramphiculus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of fruit doves in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Columbidae](/source/Columbidae). They are restricted to the Philippines and [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi) apart from the [Jambu fruit dove](/source/Jambu_fruit_dove) that occurs on the [Malay Peninsula](/source/Malay_Peninsula), [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra) and [Borneo](/source/Borneo), and the [black-chinned fruit dove](/source/black-chinned_fruit_dove) which extends north to [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan). These are colourful frugivorous doves that are found in forests and woodlands. ==Taxonomy== The genus ''Ramphiculus'' was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist [Charles Lucien Bonaparte](/source/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte) who listed two species but did not specify a [type species](/source/type_species).{{ cite journal | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1854 | title=Coup d'oeil sur les pigeons | language=French | journal=Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences | volume=39 | pages=869–880 [878] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2820059 }} In 1855 the English zoologist [George Gray](/source/George_Robert_Gray) designated the type as ''Ptilonopus occipitalis'' Gray GR, 1844, the [yellow-breasted fruit dove](/source/yellow-breasted_fruit_dove).{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1855 | title=Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum | location=London | publisher=British Museum | page=97 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17136736 }} The genus name is a diminutive of the [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) ῥαμφη/''rhamphē'' meaning "bill".{{ cite web | last=Jobling | first=James A. | title=Ramphiculus | work=The Key to Scientific Names | url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Ramphiculus | publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology | access-date=3 November 2025 }} The species placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus ''[Ptilinopus](/source/Ptilinopus)''. A molecular genetic study published in 2014 found that the fruit dove genus ''Ptilinopus'' was [paraphyletic](/source/paraphyletic).{{Cite journal | last1=Cibois | first1=A. | last2=Thibault | first2=J.-C. | last3=Bonillo | first3=C. | last4=Filardi | first4=C.E. | last5=Watling | first5=D. | last6=Pasquet | first6=E. | date=2014 | title=Phylogeny and biogeography of the fruit doves (Aves: Columbidae) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=70 | pages=442-453 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2013.08.019}} In a step towards creating [monophyletic](/source/monophyletic) genera, two species were moved from ''Ptilinopus'' to ''[Megaloprepia](/source/Megaloprepia)'' and nine species were moved from ''Ptilinopus'' to ''Ramphiculus''.{{ cite web | author=AviList Core Team | date=2025 | title=AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025 | doi=10.2173/avilist.v2025 | doi-access=free | url=http://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/ | access-date=2 November 2025 }} ==Species== The genus contains 9 species. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px||[Yellow-breasted fruit dove](/source/Yellow-breasted_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus occipitalis''||Philippines (except [Palawan](/source/Palawan) group and [Sulu Archipelago](/source/Sulu_Archipelago)) |- |120px||[Flame-breasted fruit dove](/source/Flame-breasted_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus marchei''||montane forest of [Luzon](/source/Luzon) (northern Philippines) |- |120px||[Cream-breasted fruit dove](/source/Cream-breasted_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus merrilli''||[Luzon](/source/Luzon) group (north Philippines) |- |120px||[Red-eared fruit dove](/source/Red-eared_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus fischeri''||montane [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi) |- |120px||[Jambu fruit dove](/source/Jambu_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus jambu''||peninsular Thailand, [Malay Peninsula](/source/Malay_Peninsula), [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra), [Borneo](/source/Borneo) and western [Java](/source/Java) |- | ||[Oberholser's fruit dove](/source/Oberholser's_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus gularis''||lowland forest of [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi) |- |120px||[Banggai fruit dove](/source/Banggai_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus subgularis''||Peleng and [Banggai Islands](/source/Banggai_Islands_Regency), in [Banggai Island](/source/Banggai_Island) (off eastern [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi)) |- |120px||[Sula fruit dove](/source/Sula_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus mangoliensis''||[Sula Islands](/source/Sula_Islands_Regency) (Taliabu, Seho, and Mangole) |- |120px||[Black-chinned fruit dove](/source/Black-chinned_fruit_dove)||''Ramphiculus leclancheri''||Philippines and Taiwan |- |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Columbimorphae Genera|C.|state=collapsed}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q28123122}} Category:Ramphiculus Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ramphiculus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramphiculus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramphiculus?action=history)). 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