Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove - BirdForum Opus

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Ptilinopus porphyraceus

Includes Purple-capped Fruit Dove and Kosrae Fruit Dove

Distribution

Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Pacific Islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• P. p. ponapensis:

• Caroline Islands (Truk and Pohnpei) - split as Purple-capped Fruit Dove by Gill and Donsker^[2]

• P. p. hernsheimi:

• Kosrae (eastern Caroline Islands) - split as Kosrae Fruit Dove by Gill and Donsker^[2]

• P. p. porphyraceus:

• Small islands of Tonga, Fiji and Niue

• P. p. fasciatus:

• Samoa

An additional subspecies graeffi is generally considred invalid^[1].

Habitat

Mangroves and lowland moist forests.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Avibase
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Crimson-crowned_Fruit_Dove

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