Tilopo de Bernstein

The scarlet-breasted fruit dove (Megaloprepia bernsteinii) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the northern Moluccas. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is rated as a species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species. In 1863 Hermann Schlegel named the new species for one of his collectors, Heinrich Agathon Bernstein. == Taxonomy == The scarlet-breasted fruit dove was formerly described and illustrated in 1863 as Ptilinopus bernsteinii by the German naturalist Hermann Schlegel based on a specimen collected by Heinrich Agathon Bernstein in the Bacan Islands, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. Schlegel chose the specific epithet to honour the collector. The English zoologist George Gray had described the scarlet-breasted fruit dove in 1861 as Carpophaga (Megaloprepia) formosa, but Gray also introduced a different species as Ptilonopus formosus on the same page of his article. The error was noticed by Schlegel and by Alfred Russel Wallace. Under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Gray's formosa is a junior secondary homonym and is permanently invalid. The scarlet-breasted fruit dove was formerly placed…