Beautiful Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus pulchellus
About the Beautiful Fruit Dove
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: pulchellus
Saturday, August 29: Due to events taking place outside the Zoo, Franklin Park Zoo will be closed all day. Boston Lights will also be closed that evening. Thank you for your understanding, and we hope to see you on another day.
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