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[[Image:Superb_Fruit_Dove.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />Photo by Hans & Judy Beste<br />Julatten, Nth. Queensland, [[Australia]]]]
 
;[[:Category:Ptilinopus|Ptilinopus]] superbus
 
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[[Image:Superb_Fruit_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Hans & Judy Beste<br />Photo of male bird, taken: Julatten, Nth. Queensland, [[Australia]]]]
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[[Image:Superb_Fruit_DoveJE.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br>Location: Polang, Banngai Archipelago, [[Indonesia]]]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
24cm.  Purple crown, orange hindneck, blue-black breastband separating the grey upper breast from white underparts, rest of the body is green, green tail with grey tips, yellow eyes and eyerings. Female - green,  grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch.
 
24cm.  Purple crown, orange hindneck, blue-black breastband separating the grey upper breast from white underparts, rest of the body is green, green tail with grey tips, yellow eyes and eyerings. Female - green,  grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch.
 
==Distribution==
 
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[[Image:Superb_Fruit_DoveJE.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Polang, Banngai Archipelago, [[Indonesia]]]]
 
[[Australia]], north-eastern [[Queensland]] to north-eastern [[New South Wales]], [[New Guinea]],  [[Solomon Islands]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Sulawesi]].   
 
[[Australia]], north-eastern [[Queensland]] to north-eastern [[New South Wales]], [[New Guinea]],  [[Solomon Islands]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Sulawesi]].   
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*P.s.temminckii [[Sulawesi]] and Sula Islands
 
*P.s.temminckii [[Sulawesi]] and Sula Islands
 
*P.s.superbus Moluccas to Bismarck Arch., [[Solomon Islands]] and ne [[Australia]]
 
*P.s.superbus Moluccas to Bismarck Arch., [[Solomon Islands]] and ne [[Australia]]
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
Arboreal.
 
Arboreal.
 
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes fruit, especially figs, and berries.
 
The diet includes fruit, especially figs, and berries.
 
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====Breeding====
 
The nest is a flimsy platform of twigs built  in bushy trees from 5 m - 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
 
The nest is a flimsy platform of twigs built  in bushy trees from 5 m - 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
  
 
==References==
 
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=716&Bird_Image_ID=5769&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=716&Bird_Image_ID=5769&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ptilinopus]]
 
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Male
Photo by Hans & Judy Beste
Julatten, Nth. Queensland, Australia
Ptilinopus superbus


Identification

24cm. Purple crown, orange hindneck, blue-black breastband separating the grey upper breast from white underparts, rest of the body is green, green tail with grey tips, yellow eyes and eyerings. Female - green, grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch.

Distribution

Photo by James Eaton
Polang, Banngai Archipelago, Indonesia

Australia, north-eastern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, the Philippines and Sulawesi.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

Habitat

Rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, and wooded stream-margins.

Behaviour

Arboreal.

Diet

The diet includes fruit, especially figs, and berries.

Breeding

The nest is a flimsy platform of twigs built in bushy trees from 5 m - 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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