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- Ptilinopus regina
Identification
22cm long, green fruit dove, grey head and breast, orange belly, whitish throat, yellow-orange iris, and greyish green bill and feet. It has a pinkish-red crown with yellow border. The Indonesian subspecies, P. r. xanthogaster has a whitish crown and paler grey head and breast. Both sexes are similar. The young has a green-coloured crown and plumage.
Distribution
Australia, Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands of Indonesia
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- P.r.flavicollis:
- Lesser Sundas (Flores, Rote, Sawu, Semau and western Timor)
- P.r.roseipileum:
- Lesser Sundas (eastern Timor, Wetar, Romang, Kissar, Moa and Leti)
- P.r.xanthogaster:
- Banda, Kai, Damar, Sermata, Babar, Tanimbar and Aru islands
- P.r.ewingii:
- North Australia (Kimberley region to northern Northern Territory and Melville Island)
- P.r.regina:
- Cape York Peninsula. to southern New South Wales and islands in Torres Strait
Habitat
Lowland rainforests and monsoon forests.
Behaviour
Breeding
Clutch is a single white egg; Incubation is 16-18 days; juveniles fledge within 12 days.
Diet
The diet consists mainly of various fruits, palms and vines.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rose-crowned Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rose-crowned_Fruit_Dove
