fruit dove
ptilinopus latin

Much is still to be learned about fruit doves.

Culturally, the Mariana Fruit Dove is a very important symbol of the region.

The Grey-green Fruit Dove is typical of this group.

Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove has been split into 3 species:

The locally rare Wompoo Fruit Dove may be heard in rainforest areas.

The Wompoo Fruit Dove can be seen in large flocks where food is abundant.

It has no known subspecies and is also known as Ripley's Fruit Dove.

Some species of fruit doves are only found in habitats dominated by particular plants, such as mangrove, eucalyptus, or pandanus.

Superb Fruit Doves' wings whistle when they fly, and their call is a steady coo-coo-coo-coo.

Rainforest pigeons such as the Wompoo Fruit Dove are often heard, but rarely seen.

The fruit are eaten by the Wompoo Fruit Dove.

The species has not been recorded since the original pair of Negros Fruit Doves were shot in May 1953.

One species, the Atoll Fruit Dove is specialised in taking insect and reptile prey.

The Red-bellied Fruit Dove is overall green, but has a purplish-red crown and patch on the central belly.

The fruit doves are a genus (Ptilinopus) in the pigeon and dove family (Columbidae).

Habitat loss is a primary threat, but the Superb Fruit Dove is still fairly widespread and common throughout its large range.

Despite its colourful plumage, the Superb Fruit Dove is well-camouflaged amongst the rainforest foliage.

Their ancestral group appears to be the fruit doves (Ptilinopus) of Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Juveniles essentially lack the pinkish-red patch on the belly and crown, leading to potential confusion with the Tanna Fruit Dove.

Eaten by various birds including the Green Catbird and Rose Crowned Fruit Dove.

The Black-naped Fruit Dove is distributed in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

The Jambu Fruit Dove is a shy and inconspicuous bird, camouflaged against the forest canopy by its green plumage.

The Whistling Fruit Dove is considered near threatened by the IUCN.

Fruit are eaten by many rainforest birds, including the Wompoo Fruit Dove and Catbird.

They are extinct on Guam since 1984 and the Mariana Fruit Dove is highly endangered on other islands in its range.

The generic name Ptilinopus comes from the Ancient Greek words ptilon "feather," and pous, "foot."

It is monotypic within the genus Drepanoptila, but this genus is possibly better merged into Ptilinopus.

Recent evidence suggests Ptilinopus as presently defined is paraphyletic as Alectroenas and Drepanoptila are embedded within it.

Their ancestral group appears to be the Fruit Doves, Ptilinopus, of Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus bernsteinii bernsteinii (Schlegel 1863)

It has since been pointed out that other mainly frugivorous pigeons, such as species of Ptilinopus and Gallicolumba, do occasionally eat molluscs and other invertebrates.

The fruit is consumed by many bird species including the Rose-crowned Fruit-dove ('Ptilinopus regina'), Wompoo Fruit-dove ('P.

An Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove, Ptilinopus iozonus, on Boigu Island, Torres Strait: The First Record for Australian Territory.

Apart from the didines, this includes such animals as the Goura crowned pigeons, the Pheasant Pigeon, Ducula and Ptilinopus, and the Nicobar Pigeon.

It is uncertain where the dove should be placed within the genus Ptilinopus as the male's plumage, a key feature used in organizing the Ptilinopus doves, is unknown.

The Ptilinopus fruit doves are some of the brightest coloured pigeons, with the three endemic species of Fiji and the Indian Ocean Alectroenas being amongst the brightest coloured.

The Whistling Fruit Dove is the most primitive of the "golden doves", a small subgroup of the genus Ptilinopus which includes two other small Fijian fruit doves, the Golden Fruit Dove and the Orange Fruit Dove.